Level 1
What is Level 1?
Regulation and Attention
What is Level 2?
What is Level 3?
Communication
Child X has intense vocal streyotopy, and needs to keep his body in motion? How can you regulate and engagement with him during session?
Empty space, limit stimuli, offer multiple sensory implements. Slow and calm affect.
What would you do with this?
POP tube
What is sensory processing?
Sensory processing is how people feel and react to information received from their senses.
Child X presents as shy and quiet, takes time to warm but enjoys most activities.
Building trust and a relationship, expect it will take time. Offer multiple activities in session to promote self-confidence
What toys would you choose to promote regulation and attention?
soft textured toys, bubbles, musical toys, light up toys, simple cause and effect toys
What is Emotional Safety?
The child feels protected and understood by his caregiver/friend. This is expressed by observable body language: calm, readiness and eye contact.
How is the process of circles of communication fulfilled?
Child intiates, play partner responds child answers again.
What are some physical signs that a child is regulated and attentive?
eye contact, shared attention, enjoyment, gleam in the eye
What is Object play?
This active manipulative play is used to either explore or construct objects. With time, manipulating and visualizing objects and toys improves visual-motor integration skills
What is Pretend Play?
The child assumes other people's roles or imagines other places, things, or other times. The child can also use objects as a symbol for what is imagined. For example, the child uses the banana as a telephone.
Child X rejects people, and prefers non-verbal communication. Their preferred activity is sorting objects. How can you engage and expand the session?
Engage with whatever they are sorting to create meaning around the objects.
How would you expand a session with this?
Mirror
Why do we play?
Play helps us to communicate with the child's language
Play helps children to discover their interests.
Learn problem-solving, socioemotional development, sharing and decision-making
True or false: Do you treat every action as intentional?
and Why?
True, you treat every action as intentional and can use it to build meaningful interactions
Child X is averse to most stimuli, and presents as shy and reclusive. How would you engage with this child?
By building trust and connection through the few items they enjoy. Sensory play, low stimlus, low affect and low demands.
Creative way to use this...
Light up step stones