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This course is designed to provide early childhood educators with tools and support to facilitate active play with preschool children. WE PLAY offers strategies for incorporating physically active play into preschool, including adaptations for children with autism spectrum disorder.
"Active Play for Preschoolers with Autism-WE PLAY" was developed through a collaboration with psychologists at Northeastern University and Penn State Better Kid Care. Research supports increased levels of physical activity among preschoolers whose teachers have completed the WE PLAY training.
offers strategies for incorporating physically active play into preschool, including adaptations for children with autism spectrum disorder. (K7.3 C2, CDA1) 2 hours Learn to: • Increase understanding about physical activity in preschoolers, including those with autism • Develop confidence and skills leading physically active play
This course is designed to provide early childhood educators with tools and support to facilitate active play with preschool children. WE PLAY offers strategies for incorporating physically active play into preschool, including adaptations for children with autism spectrum disorder.
WE PLAY is a training to support and include children with autism in active play and contains multiple professional development activities.
Activities children with autism need, therefore, are those that will impact social skills, creativity, and physical well-being. These can improve their development while at the same time creating understanding and sympathy among peers in a class environment, at home, and in the community. 1. Exciting Outdoor Experience.
We are going to explore combining structure and predictable routines with play-based learning for young autistic children! What is Play-Based Learning? Play based learning is a method of education that uses play as the primary means for children to learn and develop skills.
Active Play for Preschoolers with Autism. Keeping children with autism engaged in active play. Physical and verbal prompts. Provide verbal or physical prompts to promote children’s appropriate engagement. For example, you might hold a child’s hand and walk her to the place she should stand for the start of game play.
Whether you are creating activities for autistic toddlers, preschoolers or older kids the benefits of play are the same. Playful activities teach social skills, inspire creativity, increase learning and understanding, improve communication and develop fine and gross motor skills.
Active Play for Preschoolers with Autism. Minimize frustration for children with autism during active play. Balance task difficulty. Balancing the difficulty of games is an effective strategy for minimizing frustration. Select a simple game along with a more challenging game to play during a session.