Group & Program Services

Group services bring together children with similar goals and interests, building your child’s social network, sense of community, and providing the opportunity to practice social skills in a supported safe space.

The ultimate goal of group services it is to create a positive experience where children learn about themselves and develop the skills needed to advocate for their needs.

Sensory Regulation Groups

Cooking with Confidence

"Cooking with Confidence" is designed to empower children by teaching them essential cooking skills in a supportive and inclusive environment. Children learn valuable life skills such as following recipes, measuring ingredients, and using kitchen tools safely. The group setting fosters teamwork and communication among participants.

Dungeons and Dragons

This program offers a unique and engaging way for participants to connect with peers, build creativity, and work as a team through the popular role-playing game, Dungeons and Dragons (D&D). Guided by experienced facilitators, participants embark on imaginative adventures in a supportive and inclusive environment.

Kickboxing

In collaboration with APEX Martial Arts, this program focuses on enhancing the physical, mental, and social well-being of participants through structured and supportive training sessions. Participants improve balance and motor coordination, build self-esteem, and make connections with other participants.

Yoga

Yoga incorporates breathing exercises and relaxation techniques that help reduce stress and anxiety, promoting a sense of calm and well-being. Being part of a yoga community fosters a sense of belonging and support, creating a positive and inclusive environment. This program is offered in collaboration with APEX Martial Arts.

Programs

Interoception

The interoception program is offered both through Sonder Therapy and in collaboration with the Windsor Essex Therapeutic Riding Association's animal-assisted therapy program. Interoception is the sense that gives you awareness of your body's internal states, like hunger, thirst, heart rate, temperature, pain, and emotions. It involves sensing, interpreting, and integrating signals from within the body to help you understand how you feel, regulate your body's needs, and influence your emotions and behaviors. This "hidden sense" is a learned ability that can vary from person to person and is crucial for self-regulation, mental health, and overall well-being.

ALERT program for Self-Regulation (R)

This program helps a child understand their own body's energy states. The primary focus is to teach children how to change their level of alertness to match the demands of a task. Through this program, we explore a variety of sensori-motor strategies to build a toolbox of regulation tools.

Intensive Supports (coming 2026)

This intensive therapy program is designed to provide children with focused and structured support to build emotional regulation, life, and learning skills, communication, and self-advocacy.