Social Squad
A safe, empowering environment to boost your child's social confidence.
Term Course Dates:
Term 1: 12 February
Term 2: 5 May
Term 3: 6 August
Term 4: 22 October
Scheduled Day: Thursdays (7 Weeks)
Time: 5pm - 6pm
Age Group: 8 to 12 years old
Where: Kidz Therapy Centre, 642 New North Road, Morningside, Auckland
Fees: $402.50 (incl GST)
School Holiday Course Dates: (4-day Course)
- Tuesday 27 to Friday 20 January
- Tuesday 14 to Friday 17 April
- Tuesday 14 to Friday 17 July
- Tuesday 29 September to Friday 2 October
Time: 9am to 10:45am (1 hour & 45 minutes)
Fees: $402.50 (including GST)
Does your child find navigating peer relationships confusing and complex?
Social skills are used everyday, at school, at home and with friends. And the good news is that they can be strengthened with practice and the right guidance!
This 7 week course will help boost your child’s social confidence. Our facilitator, will take a group of like minded children through a series of activities designed to give them a better understanding of themselves and the world around them. All while having FUN!
What happens at Social Squad?
What topics are covered at Social Squad?
The course covers a range of topics to help your child develop their social skills including:
- My happy place
- High five, hug or wave?
- Energy accounting
- What should I do when I’m angry?
- How can I make a friend?
- Soft, medium and loud voices
What skills will your child gain by the end of the course?
- Enhanced communication skills
- Increased self-confidence
- A better sense of their emotions and how to regulate them in different situations
- A deeper understanding of different types of friendships
- Tips on how to be a good friend
- A good awareness of what types of conversations are appropriate for different situations
Amy Usherwood
Course Facilitator
Drama consultant and psychotherapist pending disertation
Amy is a speech and drama teacher, actor and psychotherapy student. At Kidz Therapy, Amy facilitates our Social Squad course, helping children develop their social skills and confidence in a safe, empowering environment.
She graduated with a BA in acting from NIDA, Sydney in 2007 and has performed professionally on stage and screen since then.
Amy’s past experience includes working as a Captain Starlight, to facilitate play with patients and their siblings at Sydney Children’s Hospital. She has 15 years’ experience teaching speech and drama to children and adults in Australia and New Zealand. Amy currently works with Head Held High to teach speech and drama in various schools.
Her acting credits include Shortland Street, Hillary, The Brokenwood Mysteries, Pop-up Globe and Auckland Theatre Company.
In 2022, Amy completed her post-graduate diploma in Psychotherapy at AUT and is currently studying for her Master of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy.
