Empowering girls who are neurodiverse to build confidence, self-care skills, personal safety awareness, and self-advocacy in a fun and supportive summer group.

Goals

• Self-care and hygiene routines
• Personal safety awareness
• Self-advocacy and expressing needs

Prerequisite skills

This group would be appropriate if your child:

• Can engage in conversations and understand others
• Can follow 2-3 step instructions
• Can participate in a group lesson for 20-30 minutes at a time
• Does not have any safety-related behaviours that may require 1:1 support or require emergency help

Good to know

Delivered in a small group with a 1:3 instructor to child ratio. Intake assessment required. Supervised by Registered Behaviour Analysts (RBAs) who are approved OAP Providers.

Our summer camp for neurodiverse children ages 5-7 is the perfect way to build confidence and prepare for the school year. Through fun, structured activities and group play, campers will develop essential skills, including following group instruction, taking turns, joining peer play, requesting help and building conversational skills.

This camp is a great fit for children who are preparing for school and would benefit from extra practice in a small group environment. Delivered in a small group with a 1:3 instructor to child ratio. Intake assessment required.

Goals

• Following group instructions
• Turn taking and waiting
• Joining peer play
• Asking for help
• Building conversational skills

Prerequisite skills

This group would be appropriate if your child:

• Can request for items and activities using 2-3 words
• Can follow 1-2 step instructions
• Can transition between activities with a small group
• Can participate in small group activities for 5-10 minutes at a time
• Does not have any safety-related behaviours that may require 1:1 support or require emergency help

Good to know

Delivered in a small group with a 1:3 instructor to child ratio. Intake assessment required. Supervised by Registered Behaviour Analysts (RBAs) who are approved OAP Providers.

Our camp helps build essential social skills and flexibility through structured activities, fun games, and group challenges. Children will practice good sportsmanship, problem-solving, and making friends – all while having a blast this summer!

Goals

• Teamwork and good sportsmanship
• Flexibility
• Problem solving
• Building and maintaining friendships

Prerequisite skills

This group would be appropriate if your child:

• Can engage in conversations and understand others
• Can follow 2-3 step instructions
• Can participate in a group lesson for 20-30 minutes at a time
• Does not have any safety-related behaviours that may require 1:1 support or require emergency help

Good to know

Delivered in a small group with a 1:3 instructor to child ratio. Intake assessment required. Supervised by Registered Behaviour Analysts (RBAs) who are approved OAP Providers.

This program is for teens who have completed the PEERS for Adolescents social skills program or is considering joining a PEERS program, and would benefit from extra practice in handling disagreements, teasing, and bullying. Geared towards high school students.

PEERS® (Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills) Curriculum (Laugeson, 2014) is an evidence-based program that teaches friendship skills to teens with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or related social difficulties.

Goals

• Handling teasing, bullying, and bad reputation
• Handling arguments and disagreements
• Handling rumours and gossip
• Learning to differentiate between “mean” and “friendly” teasing/banter

Prerequisite skills

This group would be appropriate if your teen:

• Have completed the PEERS program, either at Launch or through other service providers
• Is considering joining a PEERS program
• Can focus and take part in short group lessons for 30 minutes
• Can talk about their interests
• Motivated to make and keep friends

Good to know

Intake assessment required. Supervised by Registered Behaviour Analysts (RBAs) who are approved OAP Providers.