Social Groups: Summer of 2025
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We are excited to bring back therapist-led pediatric social groups in the Summer of 2025! These groups will be specially designed to help children develop essential social skills and work on similar goals in a supportive, structured environment. To help us get a better idea of the needs of our families, we kindly ask that you fill out the contact form linked below. Upon completion, a team member will reach out to get more information. Your responses will allow us to ensure the groups are tailored to best support your child!
Please note, the child does NOT have to be currently enrolled at Hummingbird- siblings, cousins, and friends are all encouraged to sign up and participate! |
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Why Choose Hummingbird's Summer Social Groups?
- Therapist-Led: All groups are guided by licensed therapists with expertise in social skills development, emotional regulation, and communication.
- Small Group Sizes: Each group is designed to ensure individual attention and foster positive interactions among participants.
- Tailored to Individual Needs & Goals: Groups are carefully formed based on your child's unique needs and social goals, allowing for a personalized experience that targets their specific growth areas.
- Age & Interest Matching: Children are paired with peers who have similar ages and interests, creating an environment where they can form authentic friendships and engage in meaningful social exchanges.
- Fun & Interactive: Through games, activities, and structured discussions, children will practice essential social skills in a safe and engaging way.
To ensure that we can start planning and form groups based on your child's individual needs, please contact us as soon as possible. Early registration helps us make sure we have enough time to match your child with the right group and plan for a fantastic summer experience!
About Social Language Play Groups
While one-on-one private sessions are very important to help a child’s social-emotional and communicative skills, we find that there is no better situation to encourage carry-over from a private setting into social situations as social play groups.
At Hummingbird Pediatric Therapies, we don’t advertise playgroups and then have kids sign up for them. We let the children’s needs drive the formation of these groups. We take special care in putting these groups together so that one child’s strength is another ones weakness and vice-versa.
One of the main goals of groups is to empower the child to use his or her communication skills effectively and appropriately with other children. We like to call it the “playground politics” of childhood. By this we mean the social-emotional side to communication… turn taking, making good decisions, understanding feelings and being able to communicate with words when they feel happy, sad, angry, jealous, etc. versus communicating with temper tantrums or just becoming very shy in these situations.
At Hummingbird Pediatric Therapies, we don’t advertise playgroups and then have kids sign up for them. We let the children’s needs drive the formation of these groups. We take special care in putting these groups together so that one child’s strength is another ones weakness and vice-versa.
One of the main goals of groups is to empower the child to use his or her communication skills effectively and appropriately with other children. We like to call it the “playground politics” of childhood. By this we mean the social-emotional side to communication… turn taking, making good decisions, understanding feelings and being able to communicate with words when they feel happy, sad, angry, jealous, etc. versus communicating with temper tantrums or just becoming very shy in these situations.