Have you ever written a social skills goal that looked great on paper but didn’t lead to real-life success? In this conversation, we dive into how to create meaningful social skills goals that build genuine connection, confidence, and independence.
We explore sensory social routines and how the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) uses them to build engagement, communication, and joint attention through everyday play.
Play is a fundamental part of childhood. So what happens when a child struggles to engage? Here are practical strategies for supporting play.
Leisure skills, unlike developmental play, support lifelong engagement, independence, and quality of life. We explore how play skills evolve.
An independent activity schedule (IAS) is a tool made up of pictures or written cues that guides a child through a series of tasks on their own. They promote independence and empower leaners to manage their own routines.
Independent activity schedules, often referred to as IAS, are common in many ABA programs and classrooms. Today we will address why independent activity schedules are useful.
An independent activity schedule (IAS) enables a child to do activities independently with minimal supervision. Here, we share examples of IAS and how they work in both home and school settings. We also cover the three main phases of an IAS, how to incorporate open-ended activities, prompting, and data collection best practices.
