Everyday Activities As A Context for Learning

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What Do Infants and Toddlers Learn in Natural
Environments?
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How Do They Learn What They Learn?
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Opportunity Routine Watching/Observing Listening
Experimenting - Trying it Out Discovering Copyi
ng Someone Else Doing Practice Being Shown
How Being Told About Something
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Activity Framework
Environment
Playground
Swings Slide Wading Pool Jungle
Gym Sandbox Playhouse Riding Toys
Subenvironment(s)
Activity Playing in Water Pool
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Playing in Water Pool

• Go to Pool
• Climb Into Pool
• Sit in Water
• Play with Water Toys
• Climb out of Pool
• Go to Another Playground Activity

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Adaptation Intervention Planning Grid
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Facilitating Childrens Participation and
Learning
Environmental Accommodations Adapt Room
Set-Up Adapt/Select Classroom Equipment
Equipment/Adaptations for Positioning Adapt
Schedule Select or Adapt Activity Adapt
Materials Adapt Requirements or Instructions Have
Another Child Help -- Peer
Assistance/Tutoring Cooperative
Learning Have an Individual Child Do Something
Different Have an Adult Help a Child Do the
Activity Have an Individual Child Do Something
Outside of the Room (with an Adult)
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Physical
Environment
Adaptations
Child Performance
Interventions
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Adaptation Intervention Planning Grid
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The Top 10Key Teamwork Strategies
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Use A Strengths-Based Approach with Everyone!!!
Strategy 10
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Strategy 9
Use Strategies to Help Families Identify Visions
for Their Children and Themselves and to Talk
About and Share Their Outcomes.
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Strategy 8 Use the Top- Down Model
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Use an Activity Framework for Assessment
Strategy 7
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Strategy 6
Activity Participate in Shopping by Sitting in
Cart/Reaching Toward Objects
Environment
Grocery Store
Entrance Food Aisles Bakery Pharmacy Bank Dry
Cleaners Video Rental
Subenvironment(s)
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Facilitate Childrens Participation and Learning
Environmental Accommodations Adapt Room
Set-Up Adapt/Select Classroom Equipment
Equipment/Adaptations for Positioning Adapt
Schedule Select or Adapt Activity Adapt
Materials Adapt Requirements or Instructions Have
Another Child Help -- Peer
Assistance/Tutoring Cooperative
Learning Have an Individual Child Do Something
Different Have an Adult Help a Child Do the
Activity Have an Individual Child Do Something
Outside of the Room (with an Adult)
Strategy 5
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Least Intrusive

• Increased Experiences
• Opportunities for Practice
• Modeling Another Child
• Modeling An Adult Natural
• Cues Verbal Direction
• Cueing with Contrived Cues
• Prompting

Embed Instructional and Therapeutic Interventions

• Adult-Directed Strategies (Selected Examples)
• Physical Guidance or Assistance
• Therapeutic Facilitation
• Passive Range of Motion
• Brushing Program
• Contrived Practice (Discreet Trial Training)

Most Intrusive
Strategy 4
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You are Yourself ----and Your Role!!!
Strategy 3
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Work Cooperatively Assume Responsibility Be
Accountable
Strategy 2
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Be Kind