Socialization and Play

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April 5, 2019
Fairlee VT

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A Systematic Approach To Teaching Socialization and Play with Young Learners

All new materials for this 2019 workshop! SEE PAGE 5

A Vermont Higher Education Collaborative Workshop
Presenter: Christine Knippenberg, MS, OTR/L, ATP

About This Workshop

Want to learn more about how to help children be more aware of and interested in others?

Want to build a steady path that leads to independence in social play?

Want to go beyond "turn-taking" to address underlying foundation skills?

This workshop will help you identify, plan, and create fun, meaningful social play instruction.

Join this dynamic, hands-on WORKshop to learn how to support children who struggle with social play

Review the theoretical foundations of early play and play-based social interactions

Identify specific levels of social play and target teaching objectives

Train your observation and assessment skills with video examples

Make your own social play materials starter kit--SEE PAGE 5

Create and practice goal-driven intervention plans for your students

Addressing social skills is an important part of any preschool curriculum, but many children with autism and other developmental challenges need targeted instruction to learn how to play both on their own and with others

In this WORKSHOP you will........

Make and Take a starter social play kit* along with ideas and examples to extend and expand your play tools

*IF YOU OR YOUR COLLEAGUES HAVE COME BEFORE, THESE MATERIALS ARE NEW AND DIFFERENT TO ADD VARIETY TO PAST KITS AND EXPAND ON SOCIAL PLAY ACTIVITIES

Practice setting up and trying out your ideas

Learn about and use functional planning and resource tools

Create understandable, meaningful, and measurable goals and objectives that can be used across home, classroom, and special instruction