Adventure Team (11-25 yo)

"adventure TEAM"  (minI-course)

Role-Playing Team Game/Skills Course (Age-appropriate mini-groups: 11-13, 14-16, 16-17, 18-20, 21-25 yo)

Teamwork Skills- Friendship Skills - Emotional Regulation Skills


Social Skills, Emotional Regulation & Teamwork Skills
(On Zoom - From the comfort of home)




For Young People Who Will Also Do 'Secret Agent Society' or 'Peers For Teens'

(Ages 11-25)


If your young person is booked in for a future 'Secret Agent Society', or 'Peers For Teens', this is for you.

OR

If your young person has completed either 'Secret Agent Society', or 'Peers For Teens', this is for you.


That's because this course builds on the skills that your young person will develop or has develop in our other courses.



"Adventure Team"

Social Skills, Emotional Regulation & Teamwork Skills

Sessions:

9 x student sessions (90 minutes of fun sessions for your young person)

2 x parent sessions (2 x 2-hours of supportive training for parents)


Role-Playing Adventure Course

This is a fun role-playing team adventure course for your child, where we tackle a new social skill on each week’s quest.

Your child becomes a character in a great big teamwork game. Together, your child plays with their team-mates and their leaders on a big adventure.


How it works

It’s sort of like the “Choose-Your-Own-Adventure” books you read as a child.

It is a bit like a super-happy version of “Dungeons & Dragons”, except with no killing, no nasty stuff, and no dark themes. It’s a fun quest each week.

Together we go on quests to decide together how to solve puzzles, beat challenges and work together as a team.

We learn new social skills and teamwork skills and we apply those skills straight away in the real context of our great big adventure.





Social Skills – Learned through a Role-Playing Game (on Zoom)

In Each 90-minute Session:

  • LEARNING: Your child learns in the training lab - new skills tailored to that day’s upcoming adventure.
  • PRACTICE: Go on today’s team adventure/quest and look for ways to use our new skills.
  • REAL LIFE: We plan ways to use today’s new skills in real-life in the following week.
Adventure Team - Role Playing Game


Learn Essential Social Skills:

  • Teamwork Skills
  • Conversation Skills
  • Negotiation Skills
  • Emotional Regulation Strategies
  • Social & Friendship Skills For Interacting with Groups/Teams
  • Close Friends - How I relate to my closest friends:
  • Navigating challenges in friendship
  • Bullyproof Skills 
  • Social & Personal Resilience





Social Curriculum

Session 1: Teamwork Skills

  • Ways to contribute to my team’s goals
  • Taking turns & letting others shine at times
  • Being okay when other team members have different ideas/goals
  • When to assert myself vs when to let others have their way


Session 2: Conversation Skills

  • I can start conversations and keep conversations rolling.
  • I can listen to others so they feel cared for.
  • I talk with others about topics of shared interests (topics we both want to talk about, not just my favourite topic).


Session 3: Negotiation Skills

  • Explaining my perspective and highlighting the benefits to others
  • How to create new options that meet others’ needs and my own
  • Active listening skills - Finding the good parts in other people’s suggestions
  • Deciding when to insist on having my way vs accepting others’ ideas


Session 4: Emotional Regulation Strategies

  • Strategies for being calm and brave in new situations
  • Scale of 1-10: How strongly am I feeling happiness, anger or anxiety
  • De-escalating: Ways of hitting the emotional “Pause Button” when feeling overwhelmed
  • How to reach out for help feeling stuck, annoyed, anxious etc.


Session 5: Social & Friendship Skills For Interacting with Groups/Teams

  • I know what actions and words I can use to make and keep friends
  • Realistic expectations of our friends
  • People range from acquaintances, to people I know, to people I play with , to friends, and best friends
  • I take opportunities to help and I’ve got something to offer

 

Session 6: Close Friends - How I relate to my closest friends

  • What healthy friendships look like
  • Dropping my mask in close friendships
  • My friends can play with other people sometimes.
  • I am not a perfect friend, and others won’t be either, and that’s okay.


Session 7: Navigating challenges in friendship

  • Recognising bullying/unhealthy friendships vs normal ups & downs
  • Strategies for handling conflict
  • Friendships have ups and downs & friendships can bounce back
  • Who helps me when my friendships are tricky


Session 8: Bullyproof Skills 

  • Strategies for dealing with teasing or bullying.
  • Recognising the difference between people joking and people being mean.
  • I have fun things I can do on my own if I want.
  • Ways to stay socially and personally safe online


Session 9: Social & Personal Resilience

  • I can bounce back from rejection, tough days, and moments when I feel ‘stuck’.
  • I know who I can get help from when friendships aren’t working.
  • I have strategies for handling disappointments and social issues.
  • I choose optimism and a growth mindset




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We Help Your Child Achieve Their Goals

We have different goals for each child. We set goals depending on your child's abilities, and for community members who are on NDIS, we set goals that match NDIS objectives and we match goals to your child's unique personality.


 

Your Child Participates On Zoom, From Home

At each time slot, we will have a mini-group of students working together, with our leaders helping and guiding team-work negotiations.

Each session we have a different topic that we work through together.

This is an online community for any child who is looking to build their social skills and social confidence.

 


For Young People Aged 11-25 (In mini-groups)

We have different session times, depending on your child's age group and interests.

We've deliberately designed these sessions so that your child can experience friendship, regardless of their age or ability.


 

Led By Experienced Autism Experts

That's because your child will work with two of our staff members who will make sure that everyone is using friendly voices and supporting each other.



NDIS-Compliant Pricing: $1680

Structured to be approved for NDIS self-managed or NDIS plan-managed families to make claiming NDIS easier.

(Families not on NDIS can also participate, funding themselves.)


NDIS Funding Categories

It is helpful to know that some other families have told us they usually use these categories (or similar):

a) Increased Social & Community Participation

b) Improved Daily Living                                           


Chat with your plan manager for what is relevant to your situation.

For plan-managed participants, your plan manager will be able to tell you whether your plan will cover this.

Many families are able to cover this without any out-of-pockets.



Location: Your lounge room, using zoom - No need to travel

You don’t need to travel anywhere. It's easy to use Zoom from your lounge room.



Peace-Of-Mind Promise: What if my child needs to pull out?


Your child can:

  • Stop doing their course if they need to.
  • Switch to a different course if you need to.
  • Do ‘catch-up’ sessions for missed sessions.


You won't be billed for an entire course if your child needs to pull out.

Almost every time, our kids/teens find their groove and enjoy their sessions.

If your child needs tweaks, we can switch your child to a different mini-group, modify session times, or even pair them with a different leader.

We understand that sometimes life seriously happens… A death in the family, sudden health issues, parents going through a hard time etc etc. 

But rest assured, if it doesn't work out (and it will), you're only billed for the part of the course that your family participated in.

NDIS Reports Provided

Parents often ask, “Can I please have a report for our NDIS plan review?”

Rest assured, the answer is a resounding "Yes!" 

We'll arrange that for you.

No hidden fees - All reporting like this is already built into the standard program fee, so you will not be given an extra fee beyond the usual cost of the program. 

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