Every Child Wants to Play: Simple and Effective Strategies for Teaching Social Skills

Any parent or professional working with children will want to see this DVD and companion workbook to learn practical strategies that help build social skills. Strategies include those involving visual demonstration and body awareness introducing concepts such as personal space and verbal strategies such as staying on topic during conversation. Every Child Wants to Play takes into account the multiple demands placed on a child in social situations. Along with social and emotional skills children must access language cognitive motor and sensory skills for interaction. This DVD and workbook provide a toolbox of effective strategies to help children and their families feel more confident in social situations. The workbook provides a series of easy-to-apply teaching units practice activities and reproducible tools. This program is designed to support children ages 4 through 12 years. However many of the strategies have been adapted for older children through adolescence and young adulthood. Available As: DVD with 130 page workbook Developed by: Annie Baltazar Mori OTD OTR/L Danette Bonfeld Piantanida MA CCC-SLP and Pediatric Therapy Network Total Running Time: 30 minutes