Purchases made after 02/23/2022 8:30pmEST are for access to the recorded event. Check your order confirmation for the link to access. Do you have a child, student, client who seems disinterested in toys or social play activities? Free time is primarily spent engaging in highly repetitive, restricted, or self stimulatory actions? Seemingly unaware or unmotivated […]
Purchases made after the close of the live event 03/16/2022 @ 11:30am EST, are for the recording. Handouts are included. Check your order confirmation for the link to access. Do you have a child, student, client who has a solitary play skills repertoire and is ready to start engaging more with social play partners through […]
So many mistakes have been made in 9 years of running a business serving students with disabilities and solely focused on the development of social language and social behaviors… Even greater though, are the number of SUCCESSES! We have learned A LOT over the last 9 years and would love nothing more than to celebrate […]
Virtual learning, teaching, instruction, whatever you want to call it, is hard. H-A-R-D hard! I don’t need to list out the thousand reasons why. We are experiencing it first hand. It’s hard for us and it’s hard for our learners. Especially challenging for us as instructors was planning highly engaging and interactive lessons for our […]
Uh oh, why so upset? “Hey, watch where you’re going!” Nobody likes getting bumped into or having their foot stepped on or their important papers spilled on, but it happens. On the flip side, nobody likes getting yelled at or scolded for things that were not intentional. It’s all about perspective. Interactions or incidences like […]
We recognize the need for social skills supports. Just look at the DSM-5 criterion for autism spectrum disorder diagnosis. To meet diagnostic criteria for ASD according to DSM-5, a child must have persistent deficits in each of three areas of social communication and interaction plus at least two of four types of restricted, repetitive behaviors. […]
USOPAC pronounced “you so pack” is how we, the cool kids of Team MC, refer to Dr. Parten’s 6 stages of Play: Unoccupied, Solitary, Onlooker, Parallel, Associative & Cooperative. The field of applied behavior analysis, just loves those acronyms, so why not add another to your repertoire. Learn it, live it, love it- we sure […]
Toys & games are expensive! But…we NEED them if we are teaching play & social skills, right! Before diving into the conversation on how to avoid buying all the things, I want to share some more general information about the purchases we make in our centers with an aim of teaching play & social skills. […]
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As we know, our learners with special educational needs often require additional supports to acquire new skills or display certain behaviors that will help them to be more independent and successful in less restrictive environments. When we add something to the environment to help the behavior occur or skill be demonstrated, we are prompting. If […]
