Collaborative Play Therapy for ASD & ADHD Primary Teachers Webinar 22.11.2021

In this form of therapy, teachers will learn how children work together and are assigned roles – the engineer who has the instructions, the supplier who has the bricks, and the builder who puts the model together. You will acquire practical strategies to enable the children take turns in assuming each responsibility. You will learn the methods which encourage collaboration and interaction with other children. This course is suitable for most age groups as it can be easily modified depending on specific needs and interests of the child.

Course Overview:

• Play Therapy Definition
• Why Play?
• What is Play Therapy?
• How is it Therapy?
• What is Lego Play Therapy?
• Developing Key Social Skills
• How Do you run a Session?
• Facilitator’s Role
• Modelling Appropriate Language
• Resources

Facilitator:        Edmond Scannell teacher with a speciality in SEN. He has presented at various ECs around the country on The Lexile Framework for Reading and Numicon.    He is the author & designer of summer CPD courses, namely ‘Exploring Numicon in the Classroom’ and ‘Collaborative Play Therapy for ASD & ADHD’ on Flúirse.com.