Social Community Groups

PSHE

At Fairfield school we run a number of communication groups these include:

Social Interaction groups

Social communication involves awareness of self and others. The skills of social communication include:

Joint (shared) attention
Proximity
Eye- gaze
Facial expression
Body language
Prosody (volume, speed, tone of voice)
Turn-taking

AAC High Tech communication group

We have an AAC user group where all the pupils who have a high tech device can come together to practice using their aid, gain confidence and share experiences in learning how to use their devices. We do activities such as:

I went to the shops and bought………
He said, she said
Quizzes
How well do you know your friend?
I like to…….

Developing early language communication skills

We run a group to help develop oral language and social interaction skills for those pupils at this level. The sessions are structured and follow a character called “Ginger” skills taught are

Eye contact
Taking turns
Sharing
Greetings
Awareness of feelings
Giving
Following instructions
Attention
Play skills

The pupils really benefit from attending the groups and you can see their confidence and language skills growing week on week.The pupils go onto generalize these skills in their daily life both at school and at home.