Social Language Groups
In social language groups, children practice communication skills in a fun, supportive small-group environment. We focus on emotional regulation, classroom readiness, conversation, friendship skills, flexibility, perspective taking, and understanding social cues through guided, interactive activities.
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Mondays 9:30-10:15 am
First Session - September 14th - October 19th
Second Session - October 26th - December 7th
We Rock The Spectrum Lakewood
$300 for a 6 week session
Ages 12 months - 3 years
A fun, play-based class designed to help little ones build early language, communication, and social skills—while giving parents practical strategies they can use at home every day!
Through songs, play, movement, and interactive activities, children will practice skills like joint attention, turn-taking, imitation, gestures, following directions, functional communication, vocabulary, and early two-word phrases. They’ll also have opportunities to practice greeting peers, playing alongside other children, waiting and sharing, and participating in simple group routines.
Parents will learn easy, natural ways to support their child’s communication during everyday play and routines, including modeling language, using self-talk and parallel talk, pausing to give their child opportunities to communicate, expanding on what their child says, and building language into everyday moments.
Come play, connect, and learn together while giving your little one a strong foundation for communication and social development.
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Wednesdays 9:30-11:00 am
September 16th - December 16th (excluding November 25th)
We Rock The Spectrum Lakewood - drop off
$1950 for the semester ($150 per class) + $50 registration fee
Ages 3-6
Preschool Prep is a play-based language, social skills, and preschool readiness group designed to help children ages 3-6 build the skills they need to feel confident and thrive in a preschool classroom.
Through themed activities, games, movement, and facilitated play, children will practice the language and social skills that are essential for a successful preschool experience, including answering and asking questions, following multi-step directions, engaging in cooperative and pretend play, turn-taking, and participating in group routines.
Children will also build important classroom-readiness skills such as listening to teachers, waiting, transitioning between activities, staying engaged, following routines, communicating their wants and needs, and navigating social interactions with classmates.
Our goal? Help children enter preschool with the language, social communication, and classroom skills they need to participate, connect with peers, and feel successful in their school environment.
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Tuesdays 4:00-5:00 pm
September 15th - October 6th
We Rock The Spectrum Lakewood - drop off
$200 for a 4 week session
Ages 2-6
Small Bites is a fun, play-based group designed to support children with picky eating, sensory aversions, and mealtime challenges while also building language and social communication skills.
Through low-pressure food exploration, children will have opportunities to look at, touch, smell, taste, and play with new foods—without the pressure to eat. Activities are designed to help children become more comfortable with different foods, textures, smells, and temperatures while creating a positive and enjoyable mealtime experience.
Children will practice describing foods, expanding their vocabulary, making requests, expressing preferences, and commenting during food exploration. Children will also practice participating in group routines and interacting with peers.
Small Bites is a great fit for children who are hesitant to try new foods, have a limited food repertoire, avoid certain textures or smells, have difficulty tolerating foods on their plate, or need support participating in mealtime routines.
No pressure to eat—just playful exploration, growing confidence, and lots of opportunities to communicate!
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Wednesdays 4:00-5:00 pm
September 16th - December 16th (excluding November 25th)
We Rock The Spectrum Lakewood - drop off
$1,300 for the semester ($100 per class) + $50 registration fee
Ages 6-9
Social Talkers is a social communication group designed for children ages 6-9 who benefit from continued support with social thinking concepts and pragmatic skills. This group focuses on helping children build the language skills needed for success in the classroom, during peer interactions, and in everyday social situations.
Through structured activities, games, and collaborative tasks, children in the Social Talkers group are supported in developing skills such as:
perspective taking
topic maintenance and turn-taking
social cues
flexible thinking
expected behavior
problem solving
self-regulation