Major focus area

Speech Therapy -> Pragmatics / Social Skills / Life Skills

Short description

Child-led play encourages the adult to allow the child to take the lead, which creates more meaningful and relevant learning opportunities for the child, and an environment where the child is naturally and intrinsically motivated to communicate.

Long description

Child-led play encourages the adult to allow the child to take the lead, which creates more meaningful and relevant learning opportunities for the child, and an environment where the child is naturally and intrinsically motivated to communicate. Children learn best through play and learning cannot occur without the child’s attention and motivation. Cari Eberts (speech-language pathologist) discusses the power of play in her Power of Play-Based Learning seminar.