Flourish Group Programs - Fall 2025

Celebrating Diversity in Social Intelligence

10 week group series

All Paperwork and Payment is Due by August 25, 2025

Session Runs September 8th through November 13th

*No groups June 30th through July 3rd

Max group participants is 8 students.

Our groups run for one hour and are run by two therapists with a limit of max 8 participants. Clinicians provide a flexible environment; honoring individual sensory, emotional, and communication needs. Our dynamic teams allow for all children to learn, grow, and flourish through a variety of activities including movement, play, communication and games. 

Not sure if our group programming is right for your child? Please contact our director to inquire about group readiness skills and how your child can be most successful in our group programming. Group readiness skills help ensure your child will have a positive experience and get the most out of what our groups have to offer. If your child is demonstrating some but not all of these skills, we recommend to first focus on individual services (i.e. speech or occupational therapy) prior to enrolling in group programming to help your child prepare for future group participation, as some skills are most appropriate to be targeted in a 1:1 setting. (Please note that 1:1 support is NOT able to be provided during our group programs.)

Group recommendations are made by the clinicians towards the end of each group session. If your child is not yet ready to participate alongside other kids in a group setting without physically disrupting self or others or is not yet meeting group readiness skills, the therapist will likely recommend 1:1 services after the first group session in order to provide clinical recommendations for future group services. Right now, Flourish is offering groups year round. Our goal is to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all of our group participants.

Group Director: Victoria Evans: victoria@flourishohio.com

Schedule: (See Below Schedule for Group Descriptions)

Monday

Big Boppers

Ages: 3-4 years
Time: 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.

Cost: $525

Peas of Mind

Ages: 4-6 years

Time: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Cost: $600 (includes food and supplies)

Current Formal Feeding and/or Swallowing evaluation completed by a Speech-Language Pathologist or Occupational Therapist. This may be from another facility.

Thursday

Mindful Movers

Ages: 4-6 years

Time: 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.

*This group is run by an occupational therapist and a child mental health therapist

Cost: $525

Teen Life

Ages: 14+ years

Time: 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. *RUNS MONTHLY September-May

Cost: $625 (includes outings and supplies)

Adult Group

Ages: 18+ years

Time: 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. *RUNS MONTHLY September-May

Cost: $625 (includes outings and supplies)

Group Descriptions:

Little Boppers - Ages 2-3

- Provides a flexible environment to build social connections with same-aged peers
- Uses weekly themes to bolster vocabulary development through songs, books, crafts, movement breaks, and free play

- Clinicians respect and honor all forms of communication, play, and learning styles for each child to meet them where they are for a fun and successful learning experience

Objectives
- To safely share space and materials with peers

- To join in shared activities with same aged peers
- To transition between tasks with decreasing support

- To participate in a group setting without physically disrupting self or others

Big Boppers - Ages 3-4

- Provides a flexible environment to build social connections with same-aged peers
- Uses weekly themes to bolster vocabulary development through songs, books, crafts, movement breaks, and free play

- The group's structure and provided take-home activities are perfect to get your little one ready for preschool or kindergarten

Objectives
- To safely share space and materials with peers

- To join in shared activities with same aged peers
- To transition between tasks with decreasing support - To engage in a wide variety of sensory, fine motor, gross motor, and language activities
- To participate in a group setting without physically disrupting self or others

Mindful Movers - Ages 4-6

- Play-based group co-led by an occupational therapist and counselor to nurture emotional regulation in a neuroaffirming way.
-Children learn to notice how their bodies feel, practice calming strategies and share with supportive peers. Every child’s unique path to calm and confidence is celebrated.

Objectives
- To identify and apply emotional regulation skills 

- To practice and incorporate calming strategies.
- To participate in a group setting without physically disrupting self or others

CSC: Teen Life and Adult Group

- Provides teens of all abilities opportunities to socialize and seek peer connections

- Allows for low-key talks about everyday and real-life situations

Objectives

- To self-advocate during social experiences

- To socialize in a safe and accepting environment with same

aged peers

-To participate in a group setting without physically disrupting self or others

Feeding Groups

Led by SOS trained therapists. Uses the concepts of Sequential-Oral-Sensory (SOS) Approach, a worldwide and evidenced-based program.

Targets improvement of oral motor and sensory skills.

Focuses on building food repertoire by helping kids become "food scientists".

Designed for both picky eaters and problem feeders. (e.g., avoiding whole food groups, temperature or texture sensitivities, will only eat a few "favorite" foods, etc.).

Parents gain knowledge and skills to decrease stress around mealtimes and help their children to be successful in eating situations.

Current Formal Feeding and/or Swallowing evaluation completed by a Speech-Language Pathologist or Occupational Therapist. This may be from another facility.

Children will be placed based on the results of the evaluation and child's current support needs will help determine the proper placement of group.