Play Intervention

Universal Design of Early Education:

An article discussing the value of planning for Universal Design in the early education setting.

Presence to Contribution:

A resource that describes the presence to contribution continuum and provides examples for different activities.

Presence to Contribution Planning Tool Example:

A resource that provides an example of how a child with complex needs may participate during free play while playing with cars while accessing appropriate accommodations and supports.

Presence to Contribution Blank Planning Tool:

A blank planning tool that you can use with your team to plan for necessary accommodations and supports so that children can participate to their fullest potential.

Play Plan Example:

An example of how to use the Play Plan when thinking about a focused target area.

Play Plan Blank Planning Tool:

A resource to use when planning for a focused target area.

Adaptations for Different Types of Play:

A resource that can be used when planning for specific play interventions.

Awake States with Stress Responses:

A resource that describes different zones of regulation.

Toys to Match Sensory Needs

Open Ended Play

Ideas for Using a Recordable Communication Device with Peers:

This document provides a variety of examples of how a simple recordable communication device, such as a Step by Step or Big Mac, can be used by a child with complex communication and motor needs during interactive play routines with peers.

A Communication Dictionary captures three categories of information relevant to expressive communication:

1) The ways in which a child communicates using his/her body, voice, facial expressions and gestures

2) What the team believes each of the child’s different communication initiations mean (e.g. when the child smiles, it means she likes something)

3) How the adults will respond to each different kind of communication in order to reinforce and shape the behavior