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

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Games Galore: Silent Cup Game (The Adventurers)

Warm-up Game “Rescue Relay”: To get moving, we revisited our popular "Rescue Relay" game from 5/12/2011. It continues to be one of our favorite games.


Zingo: Today, we learned this bingo game with a twist. We filled our Zingo cards with matching picture tiles. Zingo can be played in different variations to adjust for different skill levels and to keep the game exciting, e.g., instead of filling the whole card with matching tiles, players can try to get 3 in a row - across, up, down or diagonally. 

 
Silent Cup Game: The students were divided into small groups. Each group received three opaque cups that were turned upside down. One player closed his eyes while the other player hid a treat under one cup. The other player then tried to find the treat. However, only non-verbal communication was allowed so it was crucial to play close attention to each other. The student who was looking for the treat had to point to a cup and then wait for his partner's non-verbal response (i.e., nodding for "yes" or shaking his head for "no").
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