imagination club
Our primary school mentoring program ‘I CAN Imagination Club®’ is a program for students who are Autistic, or who have learning differences or experience social anxiety. Whilst the majority of Imagination Club participants are Autistic, the program can be used by a school to engage a broader range of primary students. Our primary school mentoring programs are called ‘I CAN Imagination Clubs – for students with big imaginations’
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
Albert Einstein
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primary school program
Our primary school mentoring program ‘I CAN Imagination Club®’ is for students aged 8-12 who are Autistic, or who have learning differences or experience social anxiety – students with ‘big imaginations’. Each session is designed to develop optimism, belonging, confidence and emotional literacy in the students to help them channel their strengths and develop resilience to their challenges.
During the sessions, our mentors avoid the term ‘Autism’ and the language which surrounds Autism due to the fact that many families are yet to disclose diagnoses or are in the middle of a diagnostic process.
Inter-school programs are also available where multiple schools come together from the same region to form a group. This option works particularly well in regional areas.
WHERE
Imagination Club® can be implemented in any school setting. Schools decide, in conversation with I CAN staff, on an appropriate space to run the program within the school (e.g classroom or library), or online.
HOW
Sessions run for 45 mins to 1 hour and 15 minutes Programs can be delivered across 16 (or less) fortnightly sessions throughout the course of a school year.
WHO
Two I CAN Mentors (Network Leader and Mentor), facilitate each session, one of whom is on the Autism Spectrum. *All I CAN Staff hold current Working with Children’s Check. Each session must be supervised by at least one VIT (or relevant state jurisdiction) registered teacher.
program modules
TEAMWORK
Students get to know each through identifying the necessary components of an effective team and the value of what each individual has to offer.
Listening & compromise
Students are upskilled in capacities for listening and compromise through activities and social engagement and personal growth.
Communication & public speaking
Students are encouraged to share what specific areas of communication they find difficult as well as helpful strategies for navigating concentration, conversation and public speaking.
Emotional Literacy
Students are given practical advice on how to best navigate their personal emotional landscapes. Emotional literacy is explored here through the I CAN Imagination mascot: ‘Cam the Chameleon’.
Team projects
Students work together on creative projects which can be exhibited at the Imagination Club’s end of year celebration.
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