• To build equitable community opportunities for all through community engagement of parents, professionals, and peers

• To provide social connections to foster communication and confidence 

• To provide quality education and training opportunities

• To develop and implement functional systems to improve access and equity of opportunities 

• To provide a safe space  for development of connections and relationships that fosters learning

• To offer a space for community and relatedness for clients and their caregivers

• To provide therapy rooted in relationships, through of lens of trauma, gender, and neuro differences

Central Virginia Social Clubs

at Crozet Speech and Learning Center and The SEED Collective

Social Club Objectives: to develop confident social communicators, form meaningful relationships, and learn to navigate the digital and physical worlds through collaborative play activities, using neuro-affirming practices to facilitate:

• Social Attention and Interpretation

• Contextual Awareness

• Self-Awareness and Monitoring

• Verbal and Nonverbal Communication

• Conversation

• Self Advocacy 

• Perspective Taking (Theory of Mind)

• Initiation

• Interoception for Regulation, Expression, and Advocacy

• Shared Imagination 

• Group Collaboration, Play, and Problem Solving

• Nonliteral Language and Inferencing

• Social Identity (Individual and Group)

• Relationship Development (family, teachers, and friends!)

Current Offerings: Pre-K, Early Elementary, Adolescent Boys, Adolescent Girls, Teen Girls, Young Adults

For more information on current offerings and sessions, check here 

Individual Services

Comprehensive Assessment

EF / ADHD Coaching

What are Executive Functions (or Skills)?

There are many definitions and models of Executive Functions, but for these purposes, we use one presented by Dawson and Guare, which simply breaks EF into Thinking and Doing Skills.  

Thinking Skills

• Organization

• Working Memory

• Planning/Prioritization

• Time Management

• Metacognition

Doing Skills

• Flexibility

• Goal-Directed Persistence

• Task Initiation

• Sustained Attention

• Emotional Control

• Response Inhibition

We all have relative executive strengths and challenges.  It is important to learn about our brain and what works for each of us in order to leverage our strengths to support our weaknesses, and achieve the outcomes we want.  

Through coaching, we work to change underlying beliefs and behaviors and generalize use across tasks, while developing new habits and skills.  

What does coaching look like?

Executive Function Coaching is  personalized, and varies with each client.  The frequency of check ins and support is determined at time of intake, and can be adjusted over the course of coaching.   Family involvement and communication is a priority in developing executive skills, creating consistency and predictability through environmental supports, task modification, and skill enhancement.  We utilize a strengths based approach, providing education to help the child 1) better understand their unique profile of strengths and weaknesses, in order to 2) increase internal locus of control and 3) harness motivation for meaningful change.  In general, we learn to work smarter, not harder. 

Assessment

Consultation

At The SEED Collective, our practice is rooted in an understanding of neurodevelopment.  This might vary from other service providers, operating from a traditional mental health or speech-language therapy standpoint.  We believe that you must first understand all aspects of the client's development, including their neurological makeup and life experiences (trauma, gender), in order to formulate a treatment plan that takes the "whole" into account.