Developmental Stages of Social Play Developmental Stages of Social Play Playing alone (solitary play) This is when children play alone and independently, when they don’t try to get close to other children and don’t pay attention to what others are doing. For children with ASD, you can encourage solitary play skills by starting [...]
Reinforcement Ideas For Your Home Reinforcement Ideas for your Home Reinforcement systems and rewards can be great at keeping children working towards the end of an activity. Be sure to alert the child as to how much work they have to do in order to earn the reward (work for 10 minutes, 5 [...]
Picnic Activities for Sensory Development April is a great month to get out in nature and explore! Have a picnic outside with your child and explore eating an apple (or another fruit containing seeds) with your child. You can talk about the texture, the taste, and how it makes our bodies [...]
What is Reinforcement? What is Reinforcement? The process of encouraging or establishing a belief or pattern of behavior, especially by encouragement or reward. Positive vs. Negative Reinforcement Positive reinforcement refers to the act of introducing certain stimuli after a particular behavior is exhibited. Negative reinforcement refers to the act of removing certain stimuli after a [...]
How Do You Work On Functional Communication Skills? Functional Communication can be referred to the utmost fundamental communication skills and is used to express one’s basic desires and needs. For typical children, functional communication starts to come about in their first year of life. Normally it starts with gestures and then grows to [...]
What is Functional Communication? Functional Communication can be referred to the utmost fundamental communication skills and is used to express one’s basic desires and needs. For typical children, functional communication starts to come about in their first year of life. Normally it starts with gestures and then grows to words and then sentences. [...]
Paint By Numbers - Dr. Seuss Activity for Fine Motor Skills You can start out by watching a short video clip, listening to a song, or reading a Dr. Seuss book with your child. Great materials can be found here! Print off one of the color/paint by numbers and have your [...]
Tips for Making Your Kiddo More Self-Sufficient Have high, yet realistic expectations – One should make sure to challenge your child to do only things you know they are currently capable of doing. If your child has fine motor delays it would be unreasonable to instruct them to tie their shoes without any prior [...]
Promoting Independent Living Skills Promoting Independent Living Skills for Children with Speech and Language Delays: Your SLP will assist you in setting goals based on assessment data that target and focus on initiating spontaneous communication in functional activities, engaging in reciprocal communication interactions, and generalizing gains across activities, environments, and communication partners; Introduce [...]
Star Wars Carbonite Cubes Experiment - Autism Sensory Activity Hide a few of your child’s favorite star wars lego toys (or other small toys) in an ice cube mixture. Mix together the baking soda and water in a bowl. Once mixed, pack the baking soda mixture around the star wars lego toy [...]
