Schedule
Summer Session Social Play Groups 2025:
For Exceptionally Gifted Children with Social-Emotional Challenges
*We begin screening new clients for our Summer ‘25 social skills groups in March. You can email us at: charla@playfulintervention.com to set up an intake assessment.
We offer quality social skills groups for children 3 years old to 12 years old, and an Advanced Summer Theater program for kids 10-16 years old. Social Groups are limited to 6 participants; Adv. Theater Program is limited to 10 participants.
COVID Protocols*: All participants are required to have their temperatures checked, shoes removed, and hands sanitized before entering our play studio. Masks are optional.
Summer ‘25 Session: June 16th to August 22nd 2025:
Weekly Session Fee is $85/1 hour session. Price includes an additional half-hour parent follow-up session.
$170/2 hour Adv. Theater session. Price includes an additional half-hour parent follow-up session.
Enrich your child’s school and friendship experience by practicing play and communication skills with peers in a safe setting. Learn to share, self-regulate bodies and emotions, read social cues, win/lose, lead and follow, flexible thinking, game ideation, feelings work and more.
For our older tweens and teens, we practice critical social-emotional skills: perspective-taking; social nuance; conversation skills, empathic responses, team-building, good sportsmanship, public speaking, improvisational theater and performance in our summer “Advanced Players Theater Program.”
Summer Space Explorers:(8-10yrs.) Mondays 3:30-4:30pm; 4:30-5pm Parent check-in.
Social Gamers: (11, 12, 13yrs.) Mondays 5-6pm; 6pm-6:30pm Parent check-in.
Parent-Child Pre-School Group: (4-5yrs.) Tuesdays 3:30-4:30pm
Regulation Rangers: (6-7yrs.) Tuesdays 5pm-6pm; 6pm-6:30pm parent check-in.
Jr. Park Players: (6,7,8yrs.) Wednesdays 3:30-4:30pm; 4:30-5pm parent check-in. Location: Sellwood park.
Sr. Park Players: (9,10,11 yrs.) Wednesdays 5pm-6pm; 6pm-6:30pm parent check-in. Location: Sellwood park.
Advanced Players Theater Program: (10-16 yrs.) Thursdays 4-6pm; 6-6:30pm parent check-in.
For Adults & Families:
Individual Adult or Teen Therapy; Couples Therapy; Parent Consultations: $185/session
Parent-Child Play Coaching & Family Play Therapy: $185/session
Restorative Therapy: For Adults Only; a restorative self-care session combining mindfulness, nature walk therapy, and relaxation. $185/hr. *Sessions take place at our Cottage Location and the Tryon Creek woods.
About our Staff:
Charla Cunningham, Owner; Sr. Therapist:
Licensed Marriage Family Therapist & Drama Therapist is recognized nationally for her groundbreaking work integrating therapy and theater for children with special needs. She holds a Masters of Arts Degree in Counseling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies and a Masters of Fine Arts Degree in Acting from the American Conservatory Theater. She has practiced child and family therapy both in the San Francisco Bay Area where she was a founding faculty member of the Oak Hill School, and in Portland, Oregon where she practiced as a child and family therapist at the Hearing and Speech Institute / Artz Center for Developmental Health. She is the founder/owner of Playful Intervention LLC, and has been running the Practice for the past sixteen years.
Molly Maguire, Senior Therapy Assistant:
Molly joined P.I. in the summer of 2024. She has several years of experience teaching and working as a care-giver with children, families, and seniors. Molly is also a performance and visual artist who incorporates her experience working as an artist with her skills as a caregiver for neurodivergent youth to the Practice.