Holiday school readiness program
Starting kindergarten represents your child's first major step into the education system. Ensuring they arrive with the skills necessary to participate and interact socially with teachers and classmates will help ease the transition and set them up for future success.
Our holiday program for school readiness is an intensive 5-day course with 2.5 hour sessions each day for a week (Monday through Friday) designed to teach the child classroom communication and participation skills.
This program has finished for 2012 with great results and we are currently evaluating future plans to build on its success.
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Course information
Suitable for:
All children entering kindergarten in 2012.
Dates:
Your choice of 2 weeks:
- Mon 16 Jan - Fri 20 Jan 2012
- Mon 30 Jan - Fri 3 Feb 2012
Session times:
Your choice of mornings or afternoons:
- 9.00 - 11.30 AM
- 12.00 - 2.30 PM
Location:
The course will be held at our Deakin clinic. See our contact & location page for address details and a map.
Cost:
$650 per child
Prior to the course:
Participants and a parent must attend an individual 30 minute pre-enrollment check at no additional charge. This requirement is waived for children who have already been assessed for speech and language by Brindabella Hearing & Speech Centre. This presents an opportunity for parents to raise any specific issues or concerns, and for the Speech-Language Pathologist and child to get to know each other.
During the course:
Sufficient focus on each child is ensured by a maximum ratio of 3 children per Speech-Language Pathologist.
Speech and language activities will include: communication in a group, following directives, maintaining joint attention, turn taking, self direction and social language.
Activities will be delivered in a model similar to the classroom, with some table based and floor tasks, small and large group activities and individual, self directed tasks.
What you walk away with:
Time-permitting, parents will have opportunities to discuss their child's progress following each daily session. Upon completion of the course they will receive a report containing a brief summary of goals for the program, findings for their child, recommendations and appropriate referrals or ongoing therapy if warranted.
Booking form
This program has finished for 2012 with great results and we are currently evaluating future plans to build on its success. We are not yet taking bookings. Please contact us with any enquiries.
