Category Archives: Social

🌈 Therapy is fun at Empowered Academy! 🎉

Their programs aren’t cookie cutter, they are unique and outside the box.
🍭Empowered Academy believes in making therapy fun and functional. Today, their empowered kids are playing with a parachute — and while it may look like just fun and games, there’s so much learning happening underneath that rainbow canopy! 🌈
Through parachute play, kids are:
✨ Building communication skills by taking turns and following group directions
✨ Practicing motor planning and coordination
✨ Developing social connections and teamwork
✨ Regulating their sensory systems through movement and rhythm
✨ Boosting confidence as they engage in new and exciting ways
When therapy looks like fun, skills start to generalize — showing up not just in session, but at school, at home, and out in the world. 🌍

🎲 Adventure Awaits! Explore, Create, and Connect Through Role-Playing Games!

Looking for a safe and creative space where teens can express themselves, build social skills, and have fun?

PlayStories.ca offers personalized role-playing game (RPG) sessions tailored for teens on the autism spectrum.

🎲 Start One-on-One
Every player begins with customized one-on-one sessions designed to build confidence, communication, and teamwork skills.

🎲 Transition to a Group Adventure

When ready, players can join a group program to collaborate, make friends, and dive into epic Dungeons & Dragons adventures!

Read their flyer here

• Develop social and problem-solving skills
• Experience guided storytelling tailored to individual needs
• Build connections in a welcoming, inclusive community

📅 Sign Up Today!
Visit www.playstories.ca or email shawn.roske@gmail.com

🏫Reflecting on our Practice: Ten Ways Schools Can Foster Belonging Among Students With and Without Disabilities

Suggested reading by OIFN: Ontario Independent Facilitation Network

Check out this reflection guide from the PROGRESS Center at the American Institutes for Research. Although the questions are asked from an education lens, they can easily be applied to thinking about our communities and social groups.

https://promotingprogress.org/sites/default/files/2022-02/Fostering_Belonging_Handout.pdf

🏗️Lego Club

What a great way to spend a Saturday morning – Lego Club!!

LEGO CLUB
SATURDAY MORNING 9:30 – 10:30
Ldao-c invites Lego fans to join them Saturday mornings! A chance to have fun, make friends and learn social skills in a relaxed environment. Located in their new learning centre on Merivale Road, allowing parents to have an hour to shop or relax.
Cost: $125.00. Join the Art Club that follows and save – both for $200.00
Email programs@ldaottawa.com to register.