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wize play

  • In our Wize Play groups, students will learn the skills to effectively collaborate with peers, such as making a play plan, communicating ideas to a peer, internalizing strategies for flexible thinking, utilizing nonverbal problem-solving, and regulating emotions. Given the structure, scaffolding, and small group (2 – 6 children), children will share their experiences with their peers, appreciate peers’ ideas and thoughts, and integrate other children’s ideas into their own thinking. We utilize both building-type collaboration and gross motor movement to achieve our goals. What is “building type collaboration”? This type of social group is the foundational starting point to gain strategies and build confidence.

  • The purpose of our Wize Play is to teach children social collaboration and communication skills to apply these strategies and skills with their peers. Other goals are:

    • Establishing self-regulation

    • Enhancing peer interactions

    • Strengthening play and fairness skills

    • Promoting social communication

    • Increasing flexibility and problem-solving in peer interactions

    • Enjoying and Sharing Fun Experiences with Peers!!

  • ​The Wize Play group programs are offered as needed. 

  • Children in our Wize Play group are ages four to nine years old – grouped in similar ages.

If you are interested in your child attending our Wize Social Play Group classes in the DFW metroplex area or from the comfort of your home virtually, please contact us to set up an intake evaluation.

wize RECESS

  • Recess is the most anticipated yet hardest part of the day for many of our kids. The main focus is to teach each child ways to join into a game at recess or the park, to stay focused on the rules yet appreciate when they evolve with play, and to maintain excited engagement. The hope is to have children who have a challenging time engaging during recess to feel confident in their abilities and want to participate with peers. We will also focus on initiating ideas and being flexible when something unexpected happens during play. All participants are expected to work on teamwork, peer leadership and social thinking. Example: giving compliments and advice to friends

  • The Wize Recess Game groups are offered as needed.
     

  • If you are interested in your child attending our “Wize Recess Games” classes in the DFW metroplex area, please contact us to set up an intake evaluation.

    WIZE SOCIAL SPORTS SAMPLER
     

  • As children become more engaged in social interactions, they naturally start to join group sports which is wonderful. Now they need to learn how to be on a team, win and lose, be a good teammate, understand it is not about the score, and more. This group will work on different sports such as basketball, soccer, kickball, foursquare, volleyball, etc. They will build teams, play a game, and process all the bumps that come with team sports. 

  • The Wize Social Sports Sampler programs are offered as needed. 

  • If you are interested in your child attending our Wize Social Sports Sampler classes in the DFW metroplex area, please contact us to set up an intake evaluation.

    YOGA AND MINDFULNESS GROUP
     

  • Children & young adults will enjoy a variety of yoga poses, movement to music, and movement stories. They will also practice mindfulness exercises and use specific self-regulation techniques, called Adventure Skills.

  • The Wize Yoga & Mindfulness Groups programs are offered as needed. 

  • If you are interested in your child attending our Wize Yoga and Mindfulness classes in the DFW metroplex area, please contact us to set up an intake evaluation

WIZE GIRLZ AND BOYZ

  • Our Wize Girlz & Wize Boyz are two distinct groups for young adolescent and teenage girls and boys who have already participated in a social play-based group and have fluidity in the social thinking concepts. All participants will make connections, discuss differences, and build friendships all while continuing to work on social thinking concepts. They will build their skills in sharing and accepting others’ ideas, perspective-taking, problem-solving, and regulating emotions. Activities will be based on the interests of the girls’ sharing ideas, creating a plan, and following through.

  • Wize Girlz & Wize Boyz classes are offered as needed. 

    If you are interested in your child attending our Wize Girlz & Wize Boyz classes in the DFW metroplex area, please contact us to set up an intake evaluation.

WIZE CONNECTIONS

The Wize Connections classes are individuals ages eleven to fifteen (5th grade – 10th grade) in small similar age groups. The program is offered throughout the year. 

 

We have designed a program with a small ratio of no more than 6 students with 1 teacher.

The goals of our Wize Connections program are:

  • Strengthening self-confidence & self-esteem

  • Enhancing peer interactions

  • Promoting social communication

  • Increasing flexibility and problem-solving in peer interactions

  • Enjoying and Sharing Fun Experiences with Peers!!

​If you are interested in your child attending our Wize Connections classes in the DFW metroplex area or from the comfort of your home virtually please contact us to set up an intake evaluation.

WIZE FINISHING SCHOOL

Our Wize Finishing School classes are flexible small group/individual classes for young adults ages sixteen to thirty-five (11th grade – adulthood). The classes are offered throughout the year. We have designed a program with a small ratio of no more than 6 students with 1 educator.

The goals of our Wize Finishing School classes are:

  • Dining Etiquette classes

  • Social media etiquette classes

  • Cool and Confident classes

  • Public Speaking classes

  • Enhancing Social Interactions classes

  • Strengthening self-confidence classes

  • Promoting social communication classes

  • Increasing flexibility and problem-solving in peer and colleague interactions

  • Enjoying and Sharing Fun Experiences with Others!!

​If you are interested in your child attending our Wize Finishing School classes in the DFW metroplex area please contact us to set up an intake evaluation.

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