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Promoting Positive Interaction through Play and Creativity

Promoting Positive Interaction through Play and Creativity. Diana Seach Autism Cymru 2008. The foundations of social, emotional and cognitive development. emotion. awareness of self. awareness of others. flexibility. motivation. interaction. shared language. behaviour . empathy.

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Promoting Positive Interaction through Play and Creativity

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  1. Promoting Positive Interaction through Play and Creativity Diana Seach Autism Cymru 2008

  2. The foundations of social, emotional and cognitive development emotion awareness of self awareness of others flexibility motivation interaction shared language behaviour empathy Diana Seach 2007

  3. Interactive Play involves: • modelling positive communication • mutually affective cueing • reciprocity • non-verbal communication • following the child’s attentional lead • shared focus on objects or activity • meaningful narrative • spontaneity

  4. The neuroscience of play • developmental - following the child’s lead increases communication, shared understanding and mutual engagement (Stern, 2003) • emotional - creating empathy and enjoyment between the child and play partner increases neural connectivity (Panskepp, 1998) • cognitive - the link between sensory exploration, interaction and emotional responsiveness is key to conceptual development and more flexible and imaginative ways of thinking (Hobson, 2002)

  5. Play and learning Child-initiated spontaneous individual incidental learning intrinsically motivating experimental control Adult-led planned activities group/society task-based learning learned response skill acquisition compliance

  6. When only the rational aspects of learning and development are stressed we deprive children of the full range of human ability to think. Gulbenkian 1982

  7. Stories and Narratives It is through stories and narratives that children with autism are able to communicate their inner mind and express their unique understanding of the world around them. • sand trays • drama • magnetic storyboard • sound stories • puppets • art

  8. Promoting positive interaction and emotional well-being • Establishing connection • Shared play experiences influence the psychobiological attunement between the child and the supporter and are implicit in the development of affect and cognition. • Enabling communication • The emotional synchronicity that takes place through imitation, shared attention, and mutual enjoyment provides opportunities for mastery of new experiences, exploration and creativity.

  9. Developing play and creativity • Creating meaning • by encouraging sensory exploration this helps to build concepts, create coherence and develop competence • Developing imagination • the development of symbolic play emerges through a shared experience that helps the child to extend their thinking about how to represent familiar objects

  10. Play develops creativity, intellectual competence, emotional strength and stability and feelings of joy and pleasure, the habit of being happy. Piers and Landau.1980

  11. Diana Seach Education and Family Consultant autism-smile tel: +44 (0)1243 531925 email: info@autism-smile.co.uk www.autism-smile.co.uk

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