Now more than ever, using technology can be a great way to engage children in educational and therapy settings. The innovative and evidence-based Secret Agent Society (SAS) suite of programs provides captivating tools for clinicians and educators to use when empowering children’s resilience.
This workshop is an opportunity to learn how to use the SAS Computer Game Pack to teach children how to recognise emotions in themselves and others, express their feelings in appropriate ways and manage social challenges both now and in the future.
The workshop will be practical including application to child/student situations and activities to reflect on use at clinics and schools. It will involve a mix of live multimedia presentations and interactive activities to up-skill professionals in how to optimally use the SAS Computer Game Pack resources. Learn how to support children to meet their learning or therapy goals, and develop children’s skill generalisation at home and school settings.
Learn techniques for:
• Facilitating game play with individuals, small groups, or classes through face-to-face or remote telehealth methods
• Meeting a range of individualised treatment and learning goals such as:
o recognising simple and complex emotions in others
o recognising the presence and intensity of own emotions
o coping strategies for unpleasant feelings
o identifying unhelpful thoughts and replacing them with more helpful alternatives
o self-reflection and perspective-taking in social interactions
o skills for conversation and play with peers
o considering the social consequences of one’s actions
o responding to social challenges, such as coping with rapid changes, keeping friendships, being bullied, trying new things, working as a team and making mistakes
• Optimising transference of skills to real life
• Managing resistance and other process issues