Speech Therapy and Functional Play Skills
Learn the importance of functional play skills in child development. Discover how social, cognitive, and language skills contribute to functional play. Gain techniques to model and teach appropriate play at home. Ideal for parents, caregivers, and educators.
What you’ll learn
- Define the term Functional Play.
- Learn the role that social skills play in the development of functional play skills.
- Learn the role that cognitive skills play in the development of functional play skills.
- Learn the role that language and communication skills play in the development of functional play skills.
- Understand why functional play is important.
- Understand when to work on functional play skills with your child.
- Learn skills and techniques on how to appropriately model functional play skills at home.
This course was created for parents and caregivers of children with developmental delays, ages birth to three years old.
Children typically begin more in depth exploration of toys between the ages of 12-18 months. Functional play is a powerful tool for the development of the following skills; Social Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Cognitive Skills, and Language and Communication Skills.
Functional Play skills are not often discussed in the context of speech-language therapy. This course aims to change that by highlighting the importance of functional play skills. In this course, I answer the following questions that many parents have asked me, once they become receptive to learning more about functional play:
1. What is functional play and why is it important?
2. How do I know if my child is demonstrating functional play skills?
3. How can I teach my child how to play with toys appropriately?
At the conclusion of this lecture you will have successfully learned the following learning objectives:
Define the term Functional Play.
Learn the role that social skills play in the development of functional play skills.
Learn the role that cognitive skills play in the development of functional play skills.
Learn the role that language and communication skills play in the development of functional play skills.
Understand why functional play is important.
Understand when to work on functional play skills with your child.
Learn skills and techniques on how to appropriately model functional play skills at home.
Who this course is for:
- Parents, caregivers, foster parents, early intervention teachers, etc who would like more information about how to model and implement functional play skills.
- Special education teachers, other school personnel (i.e., regular education teachers, counselors, etc) working with children with developmental and/or communication delays
- Undergrad students who would like more information about how to model and implement functional play skills.
- Therapists in related fields (ex: occupational therapists, physical therapists, etc)
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