Do you know of tecniques used to teach children with PDD-NOS how to play with other children?

Check out http://www.developmentalpathways.com/ind鈥?/a> Developmental Pathways for Kids (DPK) partners with a private mainstream school, the students of which are used as "expert players" and paired with atypically developing kids. A DPK therapist monitors the interaction, but tries to intervene as little as possible. The "expert players" are given some training as to how to draw in the atypical kids into play.Do you know of tecniques used to teach children with PDD-NOS how to play with other children?
Integration Of Children With Pervasive Developmental Disorders Into The Preschool Classroo



When you walk into a kindergarten classroom, what do you see? A group of carefre young children, focused on education? Or do you see a teacher with an angry child i his/her lap? If you have just walked into a Integrated classroom, the latter may very wel be what you see. The integration of special needs children poses a difficult task in today system. Each child may have a varying level of needs. In the following paper P.D.D (Pervasive Development Disorders) and PDD-NOS (PDD Not Otherwise Specified) will b discussed. Children with Pervasive Development Disorders require a suitable earl childhood education program (pre K - grade 3), and that program is possible , eve desirable, within a "mainstream" integrated classroom. How the children possessing thes concerns are taught in a classroom with other children not showing a developmenta disability can be a challenge for the ECE teachers and what the effects are, emotionally mentally and educationally, on the other children in the classroom also needs to be take into account. The use of transition and having an effective transition team in place allows smooth change for the Pervasive Development Disorders - Not Otherwise Specified an special needs child as they progress through their early childhood education, from pre-preschool, home care, or another form of child care environment into their next, differentl structured, environment. Also, the development of suitable programming for all children including a PDD-NOS child, can reduce the stress on a teacher who had a special need child in their classroom. classroom. There are numerous teaching strategies that are use with autistic/PDD-NOS children, many of which have only recently been discovered an validated. Additionally, teachers may have to take into account the specific requirements o a special needs PDD-NOS child when planning activities and acquiring materials for a integrated classroom