1. TEEN TALK
6-week Program  Thursdays beginning September 11  4:30pm - 5:30pm
Cost is $300 total for the 6 weeks
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
A weekly group designed to provide opportunities to practice social and daily living skills in a fun environment.
Provide a safe space for relaxing the mind and body, sharing thoughts and feelings as well as exploration.
Bonding with the animals in their natural environment. Interacting with and caring for the animals leads to feelings of accomplishment. Conversations take place about animal behavior, and how it may relate to human behavior and feelings .
Experiencing the farm is a multi-sensory experience that engages all of our senses: visual, auditory, olfactory and tactile. This may include having to face fears and work through difficult sensory experiences.
Provide both gross motor and fine motor strengthening activities in a naturally occurring setting while completing farm chores and caring for the animals: navigating a variety of terrains, carrying large buckets and feed bowls to scrub and refill, feeding the animals, pushing a wheel barrow, mucking out stalls/ moving hay bales; planting flowers/ tending a garden.
Offer opportunities to use and develop language skills by following directions/ making choices1 taking turns, working cooperatively 1 sharing information/ asking questions to gain information, and using information to form a conclusion.
Learn important work skills while running their own business! The participants will make and sell horse treats and then work as a team to decide how to wisely use the income to improve the Catalyst Farm property. A portion of proceeds will also be donated to a charity of their choice, creating a sense of connection to the community.
1021 Ridgewood Road  Wadsworth, OH  (234) 