Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC)

BCNC Family Services will facilitate a 5-week Expressive Arts Experiential Program (EAEP) for children with autism (age 5-8) and their parents. Expressive arts-based intervention is used to support children with ASD effectively to enhance expression of self, non-verbal and verbal communication and socio-emotional skills. The program includes fun and creative activities that involve body awareness, creative arts, breathing techniques, and socio-emotional learning activity.

Join Us for a Summer Of Creating and Learning! Red Oak Summer promotes the growth of children through literacy and arts education in a multicultural and multilingual environment. Literacy: Children will have an hour block of literacy aligned to their reading standards. During the literacy block, younger students will be interacting with stories that emphasize communication and self-expression. Older students will be engaging with books that will give them an awareness of peoples lives that are different from their own. Arts: Children will have an hour block of arts taught by our Arts Specialists. Our past arts programming included Drumming, Taichi, and Design and Engineering. Community Project: In the afternoon, the groups will spend an hour on a community engagement project that integrates with our literacy program. Younger students will learn more and reflect about their own identity and the community around them. Older students will learn more about their own stories and history, the Chinatown community, and ways they can take action in the community.

This class provides a platform for children and parents to meet new friends and interact with others. Through the interesting drawing and hand-on art activities, children develop their understanding and interest in arts, as well as improve communication between parents and children. There are 4 sessions in total for this class, 90 minutes per session, parents and children join together.

Family Services will provide parents and caregivers with a 7-session healthy cooking class! You will learn how to choose, buy, and prepare delicious, healthy, yet inexpensive meals! You will also receive tasty recipes and nutrition information. You are expected to attend the class regularly and participate in class with an open mind!