Welcome to Mini MasterChef’s, a dynamic 3-day holiday intensive social skills group program created by our senior speech and occupational therapists. This program adopts a transdisciplinary approach, ensuring comprehensive development in a fun and engaging environment. Each session is led by either a speech therapist or occupational therapist, providing expert guidance throughout the program. This social skills group focuses on developing key skills such as turn-taking, collaboration, problem-solving, and teamwork, all while having fun in the kitchen.
This group will be split into two based on participants ages between 6-9 years and 10-12 years.
Targeted skills
Conversation Skills: Engaging in meaningful dialogues, learning to initiate and maintain conversations.
Turn Taking: Practicing patience and respect by waiting for their turn during group activities.
Sharing: Encouraging generosity and cooperation by sharing ingredients and tools.
Listening: Enhancing active listening skills to follow recipe instructions and understand peers.
Teamwork: Collaborating effectively to achieve common goals.
Shared Attention: Developing the ability to focus on shared tasks and activities.
Problem Solving: Tackling challenges and finding solutions together, enhancing critical thinking.
Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication Skills: Improving overall communication, including body language and facial expressions.
What each session looks like
Cooking: Each day, participants will prepare a light meal and a small snack. These hands-on activities provide an enjoyable way to practice and reinforce the social skills being taught.
Social Skills Game: Between cooking and eating, participants will play a fun turn taking game to encourage sharing.
Snack Break: There will also be a snack break during each session, which will provide the participants with an opportunity to enjoy their creations, talk with new friends and strengthen their social connections.
What is included?
Participants will receive a personalised recipe book containing recipes and photos of the meals and snacks they created.
Each participant will also receive a summary report that outlines their progress and future recommendations.
Expression of Interest link
If you are interested in our Mini Masterchefs Group, please feel welcome to complete our expression of interest form.