Workshop: Advancing Play, Peer and Social Skills

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Advancing Peer, Play and Social Skills

Play is much more than simply a fun way to occupy leisure time. It is a

necessary precursor to language, social, cognitive and adaptive skills, and an

effective way to decrease behavioral anomalies. Unfortunately, many of the core

deficits of autism such as rigid thinking, aversion to change, repetitive and

restrictive behaviors and difficulties with perspective taking prevent children

on the spectrum from acquiring fundamental play skills. Additionally, most

intervention programs address play and social skills from either a behavioral or

developmental perspective, when both disciplines are necessary to promote the

child’s optimal development. Join us for an interactive workshop, consisting of

video and hands-on demonstrations and active participant practice, designed to

advance your child’s play, peer and social skills. Effective intervention

techniques will be addressed from both an Applied Behavior Analysis and

Relationship Development Intervention perspective.

Topics to be covered include: how to teach the “rules” of play such as

turn-taking, following structured and rule-based games, and peer modeling using

an ABA approach; how to further interactive and social play and encourage peer

enjoyment using an RDI approach; how to facilitate play in school, with siblings

and among peers; how to accurately track data without detracting from the social

interaction; what toys and props support different play scenarios; and how to

incorporate play in your child’s IEP goals.

Presented by Alisa Dror, BCBA, Certified RDI Consultant & the staff of

TriState Learning March 31st from 9am to 5pm - registration begins 8:30

Greenville Community Reformed Church, 270 Ardsley Road, Scarsdale, NY

Members: $100 – Non-Members: $150 – Lunch Included – Limited to 60

participants

For more information or to reserve attendance please contact Navigating the

Spectrum

(914) 826-5300 www.navigatingthespectrum.org

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