
Growing Together Garden To Table Social Skills Group
Growing Together for Gr 7-10s combines social skills training with opportunities to practice and use the skills they are learning built in to an evening of outdoor fun
Learn about brain-body connections
Connect to nature, take a wider view & disconnect from the online world
Try new tastes, textures and sensory experiences, work through the discomfort related to trying new things
Regulate emotions & mange stress as challenges are faced
Consider other perspectives, challenge black and white thinking
Interact with peers and learn to build healthy friendships in a Covid-safe environment
Work through social anxiety related to re-entry to ‘normal’ life in the coming post-Covid world
We will explore social dynamics using activities such as:
Planning, planting and harvesting vegetables in our backyard garden, building planter boxes etc – focusing on hands-on, physically grounding work
Caring for and interacting with our therapy guinea pigs and rabbits
Preparing and enjoying a meal together
Visiting the Ancaster Farmer’s Market, where we will work to understand where our food comes from, look at budgeting and price comparisons, think about meal plans, and practice expected behaviours and appropriate interactions in a different type of social setting
Putting social skills & strategies they have learned into practice in situations where comfort zones can be safely expanded