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SOCIAL SKILLS AND PLAY
Preparing Your Child
for a Socially Successful
Holiday Season
Justyna Balzar, MEd, BCBA
Materials: Preparing for the Holidays (PDF format)
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Presented by SPED*NET in partnership with
Wilton Public Schools and Newtown Sped PTA
Purposeful Play and Why
It’s Important for Learning
Meghan Cave, MEd, BCBA
Presented by SPED*NET Wilton in partnership with WYC’s Free Play Matters Task Force, Wilton Library and Wilton Public Schools
Teaching Kids to Play from a Safe Social Distance
Justyna Balzar, MEd, BCBA
Meghan Cave, MEd, BCBA
Materials: Playing from a Safe Distance presentation (PDF Format)
Article that features Meghan Cave: Getting Creative to Support Special Needs Kids and Families
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Co-sponsored by SoNo Branch Library: SPED MATTERS and Wilton SEPTA
The Power of the Words You Choose to Use
Lydia Soifer, PhD
Materials:
—Positive Things to Say to Kids (JPG Format)
—Positive Words and Phrases (JPG Format)
Book Recommendations:
—Teaching Kids to Be Kind (A Guide to Raising Compassionate and Caring Children), by Rachel Tomlinson (2020)
—The Best Colors, by Barbara Taff, an inspirational gift to pre-school and elementary age children, their parents, and teachers about discovering friendship and acceptance through the mixing of primary colors.
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Sponsored by Wilton Youth Council in partnership with Wilton Library and SPED*NET Wilton
Encouraging Language and Life Skills at Home During COVID-19 Shutdown
Nancy Schwartz, PhD
Materials:
Involving Children in Chores (PDF Format)
Patterned Activities (PDF Format)
Declarative Language (PDF Format)
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More About Nancy Schwartz
Co-sponsored by SoNo Branch Library: SPED MATTERS
Orchestrating Virtual Socializing:
Helping Kids with LD/ADHD/ASD Stay Socially Engaged During the Shutdown
David P. Sylvestro, MA, CSP
Materials: Orchestrating Virtual Socializing (PDF Format)
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The Art of Hanging Out:
Understanding the Skills Teens Need to Plan and Host a Hang Out
Justyna Balzar, MEd, BCBA
Preparing Your Child for a Socially Successful Holiday Season
Meghan Cave, MEd, BCBA
Materials: Preparing for the Holidays
(PDF Format)
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PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS
Each listing contains information about that presentation and speaker; downloadable materials; and a link to the video
SOCIAL SKILLS AND PLAY
Preparing Your Child
for a Socially Successful
Holiday Season
Justyna Balzar, MEd, BCBA
Materials: Preparing for the Holidays (PDF format)
More About this Presentation
More About Justyna Balzar
Presented by SPED*NET in partnership with
Wilton Public Schools and Newtown Sped PTA
Purposeful Play and Why
It’s Important for Learning
Meghan Cave, MEd, BCBA
Presented by SPED*NET Wilton in partnership with WYC’s Free Play Matters Task Force, Wilton Library and Wilton Public Schools
Teaching Kids to Play from a Safe Social Distance
Justyna Balzar, MEd, BCBA
Meghan Cave, MEd, BCBA
Materials: Playing from a Safe Distance presentation (PDF Format)
Article that features Meghan Cave: Getting Creative to Support Special Needs Kids and Families
More About this Presentation
More About Justyna Balzar
More About Meghan Cave
Co-sponsored by SoNo Branch Library: SPED MATTERS and Wilton SEPTA
The Power of the Words You Choose to Use
Lydia Soifer, PhD
Materials:
—Positive Things to Say to Kids (JPG Format)
—Positive Words and Phrases (JPG Format)
Book Recommendations:
—Teaching Kids to Be Kind (A Guide to Raising Compassionate and Caring Children), by Rachel Tomlinson (2020)
—The Best Colors, by Barbara Taff, an inspirational gift to pre-school and elementary age children, their parents, and teachers about discovering friendship and acceptance through the mixing of primary colors.
More About this Presentation
More About Lydia Soifer
Sponsored by Wilton Youth Council in partnership with Wilton Library and SPED*NET Wilton
Encouraging Language and Life Skills at Home During COVID-19 Shutdown
Nancy Schwartz, PhD
Materials:
Involving Children in Chores (PDF Format)
Patterned Activities (PDF Format)
Declarative Language (PDF Format)
More About this Presentation
More About Nancy Schwartz
Co-sponsored by SoNo Branch Library: SPED MATTERS
Orchestrating Virtual Socializing:
Helping Kids with LD/ADHD/ASD Stay Socially Engaged During the Shutdown
David P. Sylvestro, MA, CSP
Materials: Orchestrating Virtual Socializing (PDF Format)
More About this Presentation
More About Dave Sylvestro
The Art of Hanging Out:
Understanding the Skills Teens Need to Plan and Host a Hang Out
Justyna Balzar, MEd, BCBA
Preparing Your Child for a Socially Successful Holiday Season
Meghan Cave, MEd, BCBA
Materials: Preparing for the Holidays
(PDF Format)
More About this Presentation
More About Meghan Cave