Learning Objectives
General Learning Goals
to intentionally interact and communicate for more reasons, with more success, and with more pleasure
to communicate using words, gestures, eye-gaze, facial expressions and body language
to imitate what others do including actions, words, melody of voice, and personal style
to enjoy playing and interacting with others for longer periods of time
Specific Learning Objectives
Managing Attention
to shift attention rapidly between people, activities and toys
to pay attention when routines change
to be increasingly aware of what a play partner is looking at, doing, feeling, and trying to accomplish
to demonstrate awareness of and interest in playful social interaction
Initiating and Making Choices
to make a choice between two or more options when provided with pictures and/or given a verbal choice
to initiate games with actions, words, or pictures
to choose between two or more options
Communication Vocabulary and Social Reasons for Communication
to understand and use a core set of important words and phrases (scripted language)
to understand pictures as representing activities, emotions and people
to understand and use nonverbal gestures such as head shakes and nods, waves, and pointing
to understand No and Yes as meaning different things at different times
to communicate the desire to end an activity in an appropriate way like saying "all done"
to protest with words, facial expression, and tone of voice
to request with words, gestures, pictures, or eye gaze
to call others
to greet others
to say bye bye
to ask for help
to tell others what to do with words
to comprehend & follow verbal directions
to complain with words
to remember with words
to plan with words
to communicate playfulness with facial expression, body proximity, eye gaze, and tone of voice
Managing Emotions
to accept comfort from trusted caretakers
to seek comfort from trusted caretakers
to stay emotionally regulated (calm) when others say No
to stay emotionally regulated (calm) when unexpected things happen
to persist when appropriate
to not persist (let things go) when appropriate
to recognize and name facial expressions for happy, sad, mad, scared, and okay.
to use words or other communication strategies to calm after becoming upset
to join into playful activities with playfulness
Cooperation
to follow routines within games and activities
to communicate the desire to end an activity
to take turns
to move together with others and/or in response to the movement of others
to join into playful activities with playfulness
to accept different roles within play activities
to allow others to share control of materials
to allow others to make changes and add ideas in pretend play
to offer ideas or changes to a game when playing
to willingly change a game when play partner desires to do so
Play
to use toys in the way they were intended to be used
to pretend an item is a different items
to pretend to be a different person/animal/object
to use toys in a variety of different ways
to intentionally not use toys as intended
to follow routines within games and activities
to use add new ideas into play inspired by things that are happening in one's own life
to play beside others who are playing
to play with others in highly structured routines
to play with others in unstructured play activities
