Symbolic Play is an Important Skill For Children With Autism. In this Short Video, Jessica Leichtweisz Will Explain What it is and Explain Why it is an Important Skill for Children with Autism to Learn!
Disclaimer:
This video is intended for information purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition. The text, graphics, images, flash movies, and audio segments are not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
The information contained in this segment is generalized. It may not be applicable in every situation. Before applying specific interventions, consult a behaviorist. Any behavior intervention can result in an undesired change in behavior if not implemented correctly. No client relationship is established as a result of watching these videos. Jessica Leichtweisz and Hope Education cannot be held responsible for any misuse of the information contained in these videos.
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[Music]
ring-ring ring-ring oh hey there my name
is Jessica likewise and I’m the CEO of
hope education services tonight we’re
gonna be talking a little bit about
symbolic play hence the water bottle
thumbs so if you don’t know what
symbolic play is symbolic play is a play
that kids tend to develop very naturally
around the age of three to four years
old and we all see kids do this it’s
when you use something functional
everyday item like a water bottle and
pretend it’s something else like a phone
or a microphone or we’ve all remember
singing into our hair brushes and we’re
kids that’s called symbolic play
symbolic play is really really hard for
kids with autism kids with autism tend
to be very very literal thinkers so what
they see is what they get if they see a
water bottle they see it as a water
bottle they don’t have a lot of
flexibility in thinking you can do
multiple things with the water bottle
for them it’s a water bottle you drink
out of it it’s so symbolic play is
something that kids with autism can
learn and just go the kids with autism
should learn number one it’ll help
encourage play it’ll make it so they can
play better with their friends and with
their peers who are probably doing this
all the time it also helps to develop
some flexibility a lot of times kids
with autism can be very very rigid well
that’s an executive functioning skills
an executive functioning skills a skill
that occurs in the brain it’s it’s
really the thought process that takes
place in the brain when you’re in you’re
directing attention to a goal related
behavior like play so that will actually
help and if you teach kids to be able to
do something as simple as just hey you
know it’s a it’s a pay ring say ring
ring with the phone it’ll actually help
them to develop more flexibility in all
different areas of their life it’ll
carry over so a lot of times when I have
kids that are really really inflexible
and I start to teach them symbolic play
they have a hard time with it some of
them refuse to do it or have a tantrum
and they get upset because they don’t
they don’t want to do it it’s something
that’s difficult but it can be a really
really important skill to teach so what
I would do is I would encourage you to
find everyday items and just ask kids to
pretend that it’s something else pretend
you know line up a bunch of water
bottles and pretend they’re trains and
push them along and say choo-choo or you
know maybe take and take
anything where you take anything you
have a pair of sunglasses and push it
around like the racetrack and have them
pretend the sunglasses are the are the
cars so any form of symbolic play that
you can encourage I would highly suggest
that you do that it’ll really help your
child so I hope this video was really
really helpful I apologize I didn’t have
better props I if I would have been
planning this video out I would have had
much better props with me but this just
goes to show that you can do some public
play with anything you have in your
environment I just got to a client’s
house a few minutes early so I just
wanted to create this quick video for
you so I hope this helps and have an
amazing week a lot of kids this week in
where I’m recording this video it is in
New Jersey the kids are all going back
to school next week it is the week
before Labor Day Labor Day weekend I
think starts tomorrow which I’m super
excited about but um if your child is
going back to school maybe your child
and you know live on the west coast your
child already started school I have a
free resource out right now don’t called
school with autism calm it’ll give you
some suggestions on how to help your
child’s transition back to school really
successful where your child’s going to
school for the first time some things
that you need to know so feel free to go
download that again school with autism
comm hope to talk to you guys soon but
if you like this video would appreciate
if you can just send a comment about
what you’re taking away from this video
and if you have a topic that you want me
to make a video about leave it in the
comments I look and I respond to all the
comments on these videos and I’d be
happy to make a video answering a
question for you and your family make an
amazing week and I’ll talk to you guys
soon thanks
you
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[Music]
ring-ring ring-ring oh hey there my name
is Jessica likewise and I’m the CEO of
hope education services tonight we’re
gonna be talking a little bit about
symbolic play hence the water bottle
thumbs so if you don’t know what
symbolic play is symbolic play is a play
that kids tend to develop very naturally
around the age of three to four years
old and we all see kids do this it’s
when you use something functional
everyday item like a water bottle and
pretend it’s something else like a phone
or a microphone or we’ve all remember
singing into our hair brushes and we’re
kids that’s called symbolic play
symbolic play is really really hard for
kids with autism kids with autism tend
to be very very literal thinkers so what
they see is what they get if they see a
water bottle they see it as a water
bottle they don’t have a lot of
flexibility in thinking you can do
multiple things with the water bottle
for them it’s a water bottle you drink
out of it it’s so symbolic play is
something that kids with autism can
learn and just go the kids with autism
should learn number one it’ll help
encourage play it’ll make it so they can
play better with their friends and with
their peers who are probably doing this
all the time it also helps to develop
some flexibility a lot of times kids
with autism can be very very rigid well
that’s an executive functioning skills
an executive functioning skills a skill
that occurs in the brain it’s it’s
really the thought process that takes
place in the brain when you’re in you’re
directing attention to a goal related
behavior like play so that will actually
help and if you teach kids to be able to
do something as simple as just hey you
know it’s a it’s a pay ring say ring
ring with the phone it’ll actually help
them to develop more flexibility in all
different areas of their life it’ll
carry over so a lot of times when I have
kids that are really really inflexible
and I start to teach them symbolic play
they have a hard time with it some of
them refuse to do it or have a tantrum
and they get upset because they don’t
they don’t want to do it it’s something
that’s difficult but it can be a really
really important skill to teach so what
I would do is I would encourage you to
find everyday items and just ask kids to
pretend that it’s something else pretend
you know line up a bunch of water
bottles and pretend they’re trains and
push them along and say choo-choo or you
know maybe take and take
anything where you take anything you
have a pair of sunglasses and push it
around like the racetrack and have them
pretend the sunglasses are the are the
cars so any form of symbolic play that
you can encourage I would highly suggest
that you do that it’ll really help your
child so I hope this video was really
really helpful I apologize I didn’t have
better props I if I would have been
planning this video out I would have had
much better props with me but this just
goes to show that you can do some public
play with anything you have in your
environment I just got to a client’s
house a few minutes early so I just
wanted to create this quick video for
you so I hope this helps and have an
amazing week a lot of kids this week in
where I’m recording this video it is in
New Jersey the kids are all going back
to school next week it is the week
before Labor Day Labor Day weekend I
think starts tomorrow which I’m super
excited about but um if your child is
going back to school maybe your child
and you know live on the west coast your
child already started school I have a
free resource out right now don’t called
school with autism calm it’ll give you
some suggestions on how to help your
child’s transition back to school really
successful where your child’s going to
school for the first time some things
that you need to know so feel free to go
download that again school with autism
comm hope to talk to you guys soon but
if you like this video would appreciate
if you can just send a comment about
what you’re taking away from this video
and if you have a topic that you want me
to make a video about leave it in the
comments I look and I respond to all the
comments on these videos and I’d be
happy to make a video answering a
question for you and your family make an
amazing week and I’ll talk to you guys
soon thanks
you
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Disclaimer:
This video is intended for information purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition. The text, graphics, images, flash movies, and audio segments are not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
The information contained in this segment is generalized. It may not be applicable in every situation. Before applying specific interventions, consult a behaviorist. Any behavior intervention can result in an undesired change in behavior if not implemented correctly. No client relationship is established as a result of watching these videos. Jessica Leichtweisz and Hope Education cannot be held responsible for any misuse of the information contained in these videos.
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