Our Commitment
Better Futures For Everyone
Today we are constantly surrounded by and even regularly using applications, spaces, and tools that were originally invented for accommodating the needs of neurodiverse or physically disabled individuals. And yet, while we have integrated applications and objects into our daily lives, the society remains by and large exclusive of the individuals to whom we owe these inventions. At The Owl House, we envision an inclusive society that works for everyone. Because when we make something accessible it improves all lives, not just some lives.
Customised Learning Programmes
This involves working with students to develop skills that are essential to start learning. These include:
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Pre-learning and Life Skills
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Behavioural Interventions
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Sensory Integration
Our work with adults involves training in basic skills needed to engage in productive work. These include:
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Money Management
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Time Management
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Communication
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Emotional Regulation
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Self Management
The Owl House runs various courses that train neurodiverse adults in professional skills that aim to get them employed. These include:
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Store Management
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Culinary Skills
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Cafe Prep and Service
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Gardening
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Arts and Handicrafts
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Fitness and Sports
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Interest-based Sessions by Industry Experts
OUR PROGRAMMES
Our Process
1. Enrollment and Assessment
Understanding where to best postition our support with our students and families.
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Testing and evaluation of skills in various areas to establish where current skill-sets lie
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Establishing immediate needs of individual and family
2. Preference Testing
Understanding what our students enjoy and prefer to make learning fun.
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Allowing for free access of multiple environments and areas of learning
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Establish dislikes/fears
3. Individual Education Planning
Designing strengths based custom plans for each of our learners
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Deciding what section of services the individual needs
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Setting incremental goals for an individual
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Collaborating with family, school and other therapists to draw out a comprehensive plan for each individual
4. Goal Evaluation
Making sure that families and facilitators plan the way forward together
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Documenting progress made in each session and collating this information to update and evaluate the individual's progress
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Integrated family support in the form of goals to be worked on at home.
Our Curriculum
Work Skills
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Store Management
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Culinary Skills
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Cafe Management
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Arts & Handicrafts
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Gardening
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Photography
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Digital Media (2D and 3D)
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Graphic Design
Leisure Skills
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Arts
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Fitness
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Sports
Communication Skills
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Basic communication and choice making (need-based)
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Functional communication for mobility (shopping, outdoor visits)
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Work specific communication (talking and listening)
Community Building and Engagement
We bring community participation activities into our space through workshops and training in collaboration with other local organisations and people from the community.
Learning about the environment with Wild Otters.
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Sporting Around
Building balance and agility with Football, in training with the Forca Goa Foundation
