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Being a girl these days can be tough.There's peer pressure, mean girls, queen bees, the onslaught of social media, bullying, body shaming, school stress, oh and let's not forget puberty.
Periods, body hair, mood swings. Puberty is a tricky time for any girl to navigate - the rapid rate of changes in both her body and mind can be confusing, overwhelming, and yes, even a little scary.
As if that wasn't enough to deal with, being a girl with autism or a developmental issue can make these issues even more challenging.
Which is why we created Well Girls.
What is Well Girls?
Well Girls is a personal life skills program for girls aged 8-12 with an Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Created and run by an Occupational Therapist experienced in both women's health and paediatrics, Well Girls aims to equip girls with the essential knowledge and confidence they require to manage their own personal health, and unique wellbeing needs.
WELL Girls is also an acronym - it stands for Wellbeing, Education, Lifestyle and Laughter.
Wellbeing: Every girl has the right to be in charge of her own wellbeing - to know how to best take care of her body, mind and soul. Supporting her own wellbeing should be every girl's number one priority.
Education: From learning about her anatomy, to understanding menstruation and pelvic health, to learning how her brain works so she can manage her own stress and anxiety - knowledge is power, and we want girls to be powerful.
Lifestyle: Every girl has the right to live the life she wants, but we know that for some girls, figuring out exactly what that is, and how to get it, can be a little difficult. We know that life should be amazing, meaningful and enjoyable. We work together with girls to help them achieve that.
Laughter: Because learning and your body doesn't have to be embarrassing or boring. At Bloom Wellbeing we believe learning and laughter go hand in hand. Because a day without laughter is a day wasted.
What do we cover in Well Girls?
Female health and wellbeing is a diverse topic - there are many wellbeing considerations that are unique to females in the pre-teen age group and impact how we live our lives. In Well Girls we present this information in a developmentally appropriate manner, which supports girls with autism or developmental delay to learn at their own pace, and in their own way. The subjects we cover include:
* menstruation and pelvic health - understanding and functionally managing periods and building good toileting and pelvic health habits for life
* body development and personal hygiene - What's happening to my body and why? How do I care for it?
* hormonal changes of puberty - and how these affect us physically and emotionally at this time of life.
The program will run with a maximum of 8 participants, and two facilitators.
The Well Girls Foundations Program is our original Well Girls program, and the best place to start for most new attendees.
????: Term 3 (commencing Tuesday, 27 July for 9 weeks)
??? & ????: Tuesday 5:15pm - 6:15pm
?????: Bloom Wellbeing - 17 Robe Street, Port Adelaide
????: $646.60
This includes 9 x group program sessions ($64.66 per week - NDIS group therapy rate) plus 1 hour ($64.66) program and resource preparation (to be billed with first week's invoice)
This program is eligible for funding under the NDIS - please review your plan to check you have sufficient funds available for this program.
To book a place in, or enquire about, this program please email [email protected]
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Bloom Wellbeing Occupational Therapy, 17 Robe Street, Port Adelaide, SA, Australia 5015, Adelaide, Australia