Painted Sunflowers Registration Form
THE SIZE OF THIS GROUP IS LIMITED AND IS AVAILABLE ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS. COMPLETING THIS ONLINE FORM DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT YOUR CHILD WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM. AFTER YOU COMPLETE THE FORM, SOMEONE WILL REACH OUT TO YOU TO PROVIDE CONFIRMATION.
Group Purpose
The purpose of this group is to teach social and emotional skills to students at Robert J Burch Elementary School. This group will utilize the school garden and use mindful art practices to build life skills such as managing friendships, teamwork, perspective talking, emotional intelligence, safety, relationship building, problem solving, conversation skills, turn taking, decoding social situations and resiliency.
Group Facilitator
Ms. Wheatley is the art teacher at Robert J Burch Elementary School and also has a masters degree in professional counseling. In her masters program she created a research based curriculum using art and the garden to assist students in gaining life skills. She also provides professional counseling services to client's at Back on Track Counseling. She is under supervision with Ellie Wood.
Agreement
1. The skills taught in this program build upon each other, therefore this program requires a 8 week commitment. If at any time your child can not attend group, Ms. Wheatley will need to be informed prior to the start of the session. If 2 sessions are missed without prior knowledge the student may not be able to continue with the program.
2. The session ends at 3:45pm. Students must be picked up promptly at 3:45. If students are not picked up on time, they may not be able to continue with the program.
3. If a student becomes a safety issue they may not be able to continue with the program.