The Clubhouse is the Behavioral Intervention Association's (http://www.bia4autism.org) after-school program. Once a week, children between the ages of 5 and 12, who have communication and social challenges, meet and engage in fun activities to practice different social skills. The Explorers focus on skills such as staying with the group, greetings, turn taking, participating independently in activities, and brief exchanges with peers. The Adventurers focus on skills such as initiating and maintaining conversations, perspective taking, and negotiating with peers.

BIA Clubhouse: Where Friendship Rules

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

A Rainbow of Colors: Plexiglass Painting (The Explorers)

Today, we focused on greetings, turn taking and sharing materials as well as working together.

“Rainbow Plexiglass Paintings”: Students applied dabs of paint (rainbow colors) with the help of Q-tips onto a piece of paper. When the paper was covered with colorful dots, a piece of plexiglass was placed onto the paper. The paint spread and interesting patterns appeared. The students were encouraged to move around the paint by applying pressure to the plexi with their fingers. 



    •  “Rainbow Color Scavenger Hunt”: Students dug for different colored objects in the sandbox and matched their found objects to the corresponding color of a rainbow.
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