Schedule
Summer Social Play Groups 2024:
For Exceptional Children with Social-Emotional Challenges
*We begin screening new clients for our Fall ‘24 social skills groups mid-August.
* All social skills groups are held in person at our studio.
We offer quality social skills groups for children 4 years old to 14 years old. Our groups are limited to 6 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.
Signature Social Skills Groups Summer ‘24 Session:
June 17th - August 23rd; Weekly Session Fee is $85/1.5-hour session; $170/2.5-hour session: Fee includes our 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, read social cues, win/lose, lead and follow, flexible thinking, game ideation, feelings work and more. For our older 9-10 year olds we practice critical social-emotional skills, conversation skills, team building, good sportsmanship, and physical game playing. For our more advanced social learners the Tweens group focuses on improving social communication skills, team work, and social emotional processing through role-play games, conversation, public speaking, and improvisational theater in our summer program.
Pumas: (9-10 yrs.) Mondays 3:30-4:30pm; 4:30-5pm Parent check-in.
RPG’s: (11-12 yrs.) Mondays 5-6pm; 6pm-6:30pm Parent check-in.
Flexi-Panthers (7-8 yrs.) Tuesdays 5:00-6pm; 6-6:30pm parent check-in.
Wildcats (5-6 yrs.) Wednesdays 3:30-4:30pm; 4:30-5pm parent check-in.
Frog: (10-11 yrs.) Wednesdays 5pm-6pm; 6pm-6:30pm parent check-in.
Tweens Theater Performance Group: (11-14 yrs.) Thursdays 5:30-6:30pm; 6:30-7pm parent check-in.
Parent-Child Pre-school Recreation Group: (4-5 yrs.) Fridays 9am-10am.
For Adults & Families:
Family Play Therapy:
Improve family relations while tackling everyday challenges through
interactive play therapy. $175/session
Restorative Therapy:
For Parents Only; a restorative self-care session combining mindfulness, nature walk therapy, and relaxation.
$175/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 fifteen years.
Kira Batcheller, Pre-School Specialist:
Pre-School Teacher/LCSW Intern. Kira has been on staff as our Senior Therapy Assistant for the past four years. In addition, she has just completed her graduate studies degree at Portland State’s Social Workers Program. She has worked as a pre-school teacher, home-school teacher, and is a gifted professional actress and graphic artist. Kira runs our Parent-Child Preschool program under the clinical supervision of Charla Cunningham LMFT