By Mark Le Messurier and Madhavi Nawana Parker
Ages 9 – 12 years
WHAT’S THE BUZZ?
What’s the Buzz is a 16 lesson highly structured, role-play and play-based program that is designed to teach children how to think socially and make friendship work.
The program engages children into feeling friendship together, it connects young people and offers them the skills to belong.
Who is it for?
It is for ALL children, and particularly for those who struggle to make friends, to fit in socially and to smoothly navigate their social and emotional worlds.
What’s the Buzz? has proven particularly helpful for children identified with:
Autism
ADHD and ADD
Specific Learning Difficulties
Language Disorder
Non Verbal Learning Disorder
Auditory Processing Disorder
Anxiety difficulties
Course Outline
What’s the Buzz is held over a 16 week period over 2 terms. Each unit/session runs for 45 minutes. Each session has a number of required resources, which will be provided along with folders, course material and information sheets for both the young people and the parents.
Course Units
Lesson 1: Meeting people and exiting
Lesson 2: Getting attention
Lesson 3: Following instruction
Lesson 4: Being friendly
Lesson 5: Competition, winning and losing
Lesson 6: Identifying feelings
Lesson 7: Feelings and the warning signs
Lesson 8: Feelings and thinking positively
Lesson 9: Feelings and ideas to create
Lesson 10: Empathy, responding to others
Lesson 11: Handling worry
Lesson 12: Dealing with disappointment
Lesson 13: Responding to bullying
Lesson 14: he connecting art of conversation
Lesson 15: Learning to ‘fit in’
Lesson 16: Giving and receiving compliments
Group Numbers
What’s the Buzz program for primary students is run for children aged between 9 and 12. Each child’s developmental age needs to be taken into consideration when deciding who would be a good candidate for this course.
Each group has a maximum of 8 students with a 4-1 student facilitator ratio.
Cost
Cost is $997 (for non-NDIS participants) or $1197 (NDIS participants) for the complete program (16 sessions over 2 terms).
It is possible to claim NDIS funding for young people who are self-managed or plan-managed.
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