Social Classes & Groups

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Social Groups & Classes for Autistic Children

Group classes may be a good fit for your child if…

  • Your main goals for your child involve interacting socially with others
  • Your child is approaching entry to kindergarten or in early elementary school
  • Your child can communicate with others (vocally or non-vocally), follow simple instructions, and behave safely towards others

Groups & Classes

Winter, 2026

Session Dates

Winter, 2026 session: January 13th – March 7th, 2026

No Classes on Family Day Long Weekend

Classes run on Jan 13th, Jan 17th, Jan 24th, Jan 31st, Feb 7th, Feb 14th, Feb 21st, Feb 28th, Mar 7th. See class information below for specific day/time!

Registration opens Monday, December 1st for current or returning clients and Monday, December 8th for general registration

Existing clients can register through the client portal, new clients can register directly through the link below or contact our front desk for assistance.

If you are planning to pay through AFU, you can skip the section that asks for payment information.

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Level UP! Social Skills Group

Saturdays, 11:30-1:00 pm

Level UP! Is a group based, social skill development program for kids aged 4-8 years. Each class introduces a new social skills concept from our social skills curriculum. The program uses evidence-based teaching strategies and has strong clinical oversight from a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst to help kids with social communication difficulties find confidence in social situations. Our groups focus on skills like social reciprocity, social initiation, perspective-taking, and self awareness.

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Kids Club! Play group

Saturdays, 1:30-3:00

Kids club is 1.5hr play group for kids who can benefit from fun activities with peers in a low stress environment. Each session will include engaging and exciting activities with opportunities for kids to learn some social interaction skills, with option for children to play on their own. Instructors will facilitate social engagement in a low demand, fun environment.

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Keeping Your Cool: SEL Group

Saturdays, 3:30-4:30

Keeping your cool is our new social-emotional learning group specifically for neurodivergent kids. This program focuses on emotion concepts and  teaching emotion regulation strategies that can serve kids across a wide variety of situations.

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Play Dates

Thursdays and Saturdays (Contact to Book)

Two children are supported with 1 BI in our play date program to engage in exciting and fun activities together. Children are matched based on interest, level and availability, and play dates are booked in 8-week sessions. If you are interested in play dates, fill out our form below to express your interest and we will be able to book you in once we have a matched peer.

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Early Start Parent and Toddler Playgroup

Saturday mornings

The Parent and Toddler playgroup is specialized for children with social communication difficulties and provides quality play activities and experiences. This program is led by an Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) Certified Therapist and will include modeling and guidance of activities specifically designed to facilitate interactive play strategies that have been shown to be helpful when working with young children with Autism. 

New clients, please register using the button below. Returning clients, please login to your parent portal to register.

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Ready to Start

Help your child learn to build meaningful connections with others in our fun and engaging programs.

How We Can Help You

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Social Opportunities

Students in our group programs are screened for program readiness and matched based on age and abilities. This makes group program placements a great place for students to make friendships with like-minded peers.

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Lower Staffing Ratio

Transitioning from a one-to-one placement to a classroom at kindergarten entry can be challenging for children, and group placements are a great way to provide a bridge to the lower classroom ratio that is often required at kindergarten entry.

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Social Learning

Our group program staff create careful teaching opportunities that blend multiple children’s goals into a single activity. Children have the opportunity to learn from other students’ teaching and build social learning skills.