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, April 10, 2014

The Adventurers: Recycling Truck (Earth)


 “Save the Planet – Recycle”: We partnered up and worked as a team. We pretended to be a recycling truck and were holding two pool noodles: 1 partner was in the front, 1 in the back, facing the partner’s back. The objective was to pick up “garbage” (i.e., plastic bottles), that needed to be recycled, with the help of the pool noodles and to place them in garbage cans/bins. When the teams had collected all their garbage, other teams got a turn. We also came up with the idea of a cheering section: The players, who were waiting their turn, had self-made "Save the Planet" signs and came up with different cheers while holding up the signs to motivate the teams.

This game requires a lot of cooperation and will not work if the two partners don't work together. It also teaches how to compromise and negotiate (e.g., figuring out who will be in the front and who will be in the back) as well as being patient with each other. And of course, it's fun!!! 

Friendship Passport, Part 1: We decorated a (fake) passport that we will turn into a friendship passport next week. We attached our portraits; added our names and date of birth or age. We also added stickers and our own drawings.
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