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Complete guide to educational and special needs apps
With over 300,000 apps it’s easy to become overwhelmed by the number of app choices. It’s also easy to spend a small fortune on a lot of useless apps. As a special needs parent I wanted to get right to the “good stuff” and figured you did too. Check out our guide that breaks down the best of the apps by skill set so you can easily find and buy apps that most benefit your child. Great for kids with autism, ADHD, apraxia, learning disability, sensory issues and more. Included are apps for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch and some Android apps. Get started right now by clicking here. Read on to learn How to pick great apps and What’s on my iPad?
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Click here for Bullying Prevention information.
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Kids Yoga at Yoga Evolution in Jenkintown. If you like to move, breathe, play, relax, and learn how to be calm and focused, then this is for you.
More information can be found at: http://www.yoga-evolution.com/ . Come stretch and enjoy yourself this Winter!
Kids Yoga, for kids of all needs, is designed to teach children how to move their bodies, access their minds, and let the beauty of their hearts shine, all through postures and play. Two teachers run the program and bring over 25 years experience to teaching children yoga. Child to teacher ratios are kept low and personal attention is given to each child to insure for optimal participation, and most important, fun!
More information on Kids Yoga can be found at: WWW.Yoga-Evolution.com under series or by calling Julie, Co-Director and Co-teacher of Kids Yoga, at 215-817-3990.
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Art Therapy Social Skills Groups @ The Art of Friendship Social Skills Program
The Art of Friendship Social Skills Program is now enrolling new children and teens for fall social skills groups. Our program now offers sixteen different groups for various ages and levels of functioning. New groups are constantly being formed as the need develops. We group children both by age and level of social development after a careful assessment of the child’s needs. Groups are organized into the following approximate age ranges:
3-5 year olds (art and play-based)
5-7 year olds (group art projects and activity-based)
8-10 year olds (group art projects and activity-based)
11-14 year olds (conversation and recreational activity-based)
15-19 year olds (conversation and verbally based)
NEW! YOUNG ADULTS AGE 20-29 (social, conversation, and life skills)
A fun, creative and child-friendly atmosphere is created by licensed professional counselors who specialize in the treatment of children with neuro-developmental differences.
The Art of Friendship offers two Main Line locations, in Ardmore and Paoli, PA. Schedules and availability vary by location. Additional information about the Art of Friendship Social Skills Program can be found on the web, at www.childandfamilyarttherapycenter.com. For questions or to enroll your child in the Art of Friendship, please contact the program director, Michael Fogel, MA, ATR-BC, LPC, at 610.649.1080 x1, or by email: ChildFamArt@verizon.net.
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Attached is information about an Arts program at the Variety Club for Fall 2011.
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Socially Speaking Success teaches social language skills (pragmatics) and fine motor and sensory integration skills to children and young adults in Montgomery County, Bucks County, and the Greater Philadelphia area. It is a program in its eighth year which addresses specific communication skills related to social interaction. It is run by licensed speech pathologists and an occupational therapist who are committed to working as a team to provide social communication skills and sensory integration skills in a structured setting. They offer parents practical suggestions for carryover across social settings.