SOCIAL SKILLS AND PLAY
PRESENTATIONS
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
Meghan Cave
Justyna Balzar
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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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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