With Rebecca Shaffer
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.
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- My Child is Home… Now What?? Managing Behavior
- My Child is Home… Now What?? Keeping a Routine
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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
About
Rebecca Shaffer, PsyD, HSPP
Dr. Shaffer is the director of psychological services for Cincinnati Children’s Fragile X Treatment and Research Center. She performs evaluations necessary for clinical research and provides psychological assessment and behavioral treatment for individuals with Fragile X syndrome, autism spectrum disorders, and Angelman Syndrome.
MORE COVID-19 RESOURCES
We’re Here to Help During This Extraordinary Time
LINDA SORENSEN — With most of us staying at home now, we’re committed to providing you with the most timely and meaningful educational resources we have available. This includes sharing a series of articles, video series, and webinars.
My Child is Home… Now What? Keeping a Routine — Webinar
In this webinar, Rebecca Shaffer guides us through the importance of having a routine, including providing predictability and lowering anxiety, and how to create and build your own for you and your child.
Get Moving with Special Olympics’ Fit 5
The Special Olympics is a valuable program for so many families, and the Fit 5 program can help with you and your child's daily living strategies and routines.
COVID-19: My child is home from school or work or a day program! What do I do?
Timely advice from Jayne Dixon Weber for parents and families asking: What am I going to do with the children all day? How do I get supplies in the house? What if someone gets sick? What if I get sick? What about my work? What if things fall apart at home?