SuperKidz Therapeutic Running Groups Are Back For Spring 2026!
Welcome to season 7! After a post-Covid hiatus, SuperKidz running group is back due to high demand.
This SuperKidz Group is called “Girls on the Go”, as it is specially designed for girls ages 9-12.
Where movement meets mindset
This girls-only running group was created in response to the lack of community spaces specifically designed for neurodivergent girls. Many girls experience internal challenges that are often less visible than those seen in boys—such as anxiety, masking to fit in, navigating complex friendships, and managing increasing social and academic expectations. Without the right support, these experiences can impact confidence, mental health, learning, and relationships.
This is not your typical running group.
Our program is a group therapy experience, leveraging the evidence of the positive impact cardiovascular exercise can have on mental health. This running-based therapy experience intentionally combines movement with principles of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Through guided activities, reflection, and supportive coaching, girls are supported in understanding how their thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are connected.
Running becomes more than exercise—it becomes a tool for self-awareness, regulation, and growth.
By integrating movement and therapeutic strategies, we help girls:
Understand and embrace their unique brain wiring
Build confidence in who they are—not who they feel they “should” be
Experience connection with peers who have simliar interests
Develop tools they can carry into everyday life
Celebrate the Wins!
To celebrate the completion of our training, families will also have the option of registering alongside me for the Run for Women 5km race on June 13th. This will be a great opportunity to recognize the girls’ hard work and celebrate their accomplishments together.
Please note: Race registration fees are not included in the program cost.
When: Wednesday 5:00-6:00pm on the following dates : April 15,22,29 May 6, 13, 27 June 3, 10
Where: We will meet in the open field adjacent to the main parking lot at Kinsman Park. Please arrive 5-10 minutes early.
Cost: $450
Led by Alyssa Courtney, BScKin, MScOT
Maximum of 7 girl participants
How to Register: contact hello@milestonesot.ca or through the Jane Booking App
Please Note: Registration priority is given to current and previous clients of Milestones. If your child is not a current client, please contact me to discuss your child's needs prior to registering to unsure an optimal fit.
SuperParentz Group Series
Welcome to SuperParentz!
Every SuperKid needs SuperParents. As Occupational Therapists who specialize in child development and function, we value our role in enabling children to use their strengths to tackle their challenges. Our job however, pales in comparison to the most important job….that of being a Parent.
We are witnesses everyday to the struggles that Parents of children with diverse abilities and challenges face. And in our efforts working with the child so intensely, it can be difficult to find sufficient time to optimally connect with and educate Parents in a deeper, more meaningful way about topics and issues pertinent to developing their skill as parents.
We have heard from parents that they want and need a relaxed forum to learn, be coached, and problem solve about the unique challenges they face as a parents of children with different or diverse abilities. Thus, the SuperParentz Group Series is born!
The SuperParentz Groups will be a series of topic-based, Parent education and support groups that will run throughout the year.
Our first SuperParentz group starts April 11, 2018!
SuperParentz: The A.C.E. Parent Group
Starts May 23, 2018!
The science of the neurobiological effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) has exploded in recent years. Our new understanding of the profound changes that can occur to the developing brain in response has re-written the textbook on how to best support our children who come from early childhood experiences of trauma or adversity.
This new knowledge has created a paradigm shift from a mindset of "she just needs to make better choices" to "she can't make better choices". The question that now needs to be answered is not "what's wrong with him?', it's "what happened to him?".
What are ACE's?
ACE's come in many forms. Yes, it can include severe neglect or abuse, but we often don't appreciate the psychological impact that childhood experiences such as suffering a significant traumatic injury; serious or repeated medical events; or surviving a cancer diagnosis and treatment can have on the developing brain.
These factors can also present themselves with children who have been adopted domestically or internationally where the child was separated from biological parents; spent time in overseas orphanages; was subject to suboptimal nutrition or health status etc.
This 6-session parent education and support group will lead parents and caregivers on a deep dive into how the brain changes in response to trauma; how this can effect the attachment process; parental relationship development; sensory processing; self-regulation and social-emotional functioning.
Parents and caregivers will leverage their new knowledge to understand why traditional parenting skills and techniques have difficulty meeting the needs children with a trauma background and build a new toolbox of strategies to foster improved self-regulation skills and social-emotional functioning in their children.
Stephan Bourassa has a special interest, training and experience assisting children, youth and their families living with the neurological fallout from a history of adverse experiences or trauma.
Who: Parents and/or caregivers of children who have a history of trauma, ACEs including medical-based trauma, adoption, neglect, etc.
When: Wednesdays 6pm-7:15pm on the following dates:
May 23, 30. June 6, 13, 20, 27, 2018.
Where: Milestones Clinic at 1016 King Cres, Saskatoon.
Led by: Stephan Bourassa BMR(OT), OT Reg. (Sask)
Cost: $180/person or $240 per couple.
Limit of 8 participants.
Milestones reserves the right to cancel the class should insufficient enrolment occur.
Policies and Guidelines:
Milestones reserves the right to cancel classes should there be insufficient registration to offer the class.
Have questions? Wondering if you child is right for the groups?:
Send me an email through the contact page (http://www.milestonesot.ca/contact-1/) to discuss your child joing the SuperKidz Running Group!
Check out the coverage the SuperKidz have received in local media:
or, interview on Global Saskatoon:
http://globalnews.ca/video/2966391/helping-children-dealing-with-add-and-adhd?sf37092053=1
or a feature about the group from the Brainsport Times:
http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/?u=4e18a159318acf3ba3fed9ac1&id=ace86e8047&e=6dba46ae1d
The SuperKidz!
Alyssa Courtney BScKin, MScOT