Noticing adults in play and early interaction skills

Webinar: Understanding and supporting different play styles

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Watch 'Understanding and supporting different play styles'

Watch this 6 minute webinar to learn to understand and support different play styles. And, how to support others to value your child’s play styles and preferences.

Download 'Understanding and supporting the different play styles' advice sheet: learn to understand and support different play styles. And, how to support others to value your child’s play styles and preferences.

Download the 'Anticipating what will happen' advice sheet: Support your child to anticipate what will happen in play routines. This helps them engage with you and understand what comes next, helping their communication skills to develop in a natural way. 

Download the 'Getting the interaction going' advice sheet: Helping your child to learn that shared interactions with others can be fun.  

Explore these advice sheets and webpages to support you to follow your child’s lead and include their interests, this will facilitate longer back and forth interactions.

Speech and Language UK: Changing young lives: 'Help your child play with you'

Speech and Language UK: Changing young lives: 'Follow your child's lead'

The Hanen Centre: 'Include your child’s interests: Building interaction with autistic children'

BBC Tiny Happy People: 'What to do when your child prefers to play differently'

Browse these advice sheets and videos explaining how to play people games which offer opportunities for your child to communicate with you.

People games and songs handout

The Hanen Centre: 'Games to help your child with autism communicate'

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust: 'People games'

Worcestershire Language and Speech Therapy: 'Using AAC to help children with routines video — Watch this 3 minute video explaining how to use objects, photos or pictures to support a child’s understanding of routines.  

Sense: 'Objects of reference' — Browse this webpage to learn more about implementing Objects of Reference to support your child's understanding.

Speech and Language UK: Changing young lives:  'Making the most of daily routines' — a  summary of strategies to make the most of routines for supporting communication.

Support from Hertfordshire’s Speech Language Communication and Autism (SLCA) Team – including specific lite bites to support interactions and people games. Go to 'How to request support'.

Staff can request training at a targeted level with no referral required. Specialist support also available via teaching staff referral to the SLCA team.