Play Skills

Play Skills is the third in our series of short videos — My Child is Home… Now What?? —  from Rebecca Shaffer, PsyD, director of psychological services at the Cincinnati Fragile X Clinic. Here she give us pointers about how to build play skills while your children are at home, and some great resources for thinking through different play opportunities while they’re at home.

After watching the video, please let us know if you have any questions by filling out the form below. We will try to answer as many as we can, and it may even become the subject of a future video from Dr. Shaffer!

more Play Resources

Activity Tips — Managing Emotions, Routines, and Exercise Through Play
From Sesame Street, play and learn activities such as Glitter Jars to help children manage emotions; Potty Time to add playful learning to daily routines; make time for healthy exercise with Move & Groove; and Watch & Learn activities.

Coping during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Yale’s Guide for Families with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (PDF)
Guidance from the Yale Child Study Center to help provide ideas and support families as they develop new routines within their homes.

printable resources courtesy of dr. shaffer

All are in PDF format, you may download and print.

Links from Dr. Shaffer’s presentation

Video Modeling Play

All are YouTube videos.

Sensory Play Ideas & Resources

Sorting Play Ideas & Resources

Building Play Ideas & Resources

Pretend Play Ideas & Resources

more videos in this series

My Child is Home… Now What?? Play Skills

In this webinar, Rebecca Shaffer guides us through some pointers about how to build play skills while your children are at home, and some great resources for thinking through different play opportunities while they’re at home.