10 Strategies to Foster Social Skills Through Play
Presented by Trevor Newton, MA.Ed. | January 23, 2025 7PM EST
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL | 1 HOUR | LIVE ONLINE via ZOOM | INTERACTIVE
Are you an early childhood professional looking to bolster your child’s social skills or an early childhood educator who is searching for ways to naturally incorporate social-emotional skill development through play? If so, then the “Fostering Social Skills Through Play” training will hit the mark for you! This webinar will uncover the critical role play has in the development of social skills and detail easy to use skills and strategies that can be utilized within your home or classroom immediately.
Participants will learn about the key social skills every child must learn to become confident in any social or play setting. Educators will learn how to introduce each key skill to their child or group and the sequence that has proven to produce results. Once the key social skills are established, Trevor will dive into the best practices and manipulatives he uses daily to encourage and develop the play skills of the preschoolers in his classroom. Like a tower each social skill builds on the previous skill and Trevor will hand you the map to take your children to the top!
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Objectives
The participants will be able to…
1. Describe how different play activities lead to different aspects of social skill development.
2. Identify key social skills every child needs to experience play success.
3. Identify play-based strategies to reinforce social skills and establish a learning environment that fosters social development.
1.0 ASWB CE CREDITS (INTERMEDIATE LEVEL)
Association of Social Work Boards
(ASWB)
Provider Code #1366
Approval Period: 3/30/22-3/30/25
Young Child Learning, #1366, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 3/30/22-3/30/25. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 General continuing education credits.
How to obtain your certificate:
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You MUST attend the webinar from start to finish
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You MUST fill out the attendance form (will be sent via email)
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You MUST answer & submit the evaluation form after the webinar (will be sent via email)
You will receive your certificate within 1-12 business days via email after fulfilling the above requirements. Contact [email protected] for any issues/concerns.
Speaker's Biography
Trevor Newton, a current preschool teacher with a Master's in Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE), brings over 14 years of experience to Early Childhood Education (ECE). Passionate about empowering educators, Trevor specializes in training designed for early childhood educators, offering research-backed strategies and practical tools tailored for ECE professionals to level up their classroom achievement. Through dynamic presentations, he fosters growth and excellence in the field, emphasizing collaborative leadership approaches, play-based learning and teaching that highlights the importance of social-emotional development for young children. Trevor's expertise has positively impacted countless educators across the nation, enhancing their ability to create enriching learning environments for young children. Most recently, Trevor has presented at the 2024 National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Annual Conference and the 2023 & 2024 Rocky Mountain Early Childhood Conference, among others, and serves as a trainer for school districts and EC programs seeking to improve their skill sets of their early childhood staff.
Host's Biography
Dr. Scott Mesh is the Director of Young Child Learning and the CEO and Co-Founder of Los Niños Services which serves 2,000 young children with special needs each year through homecare and center services. He is a Clinical Psychologist with over 25 years of experience working with young children and their families and is an expert on assessing young children for developmental disabilities and autism. He has helped thousands of parents over the years make the transition to gaining help for their children through early childhood special education services. He is a leader in early childhood development and working effectively with parents.
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If you cancel within 30 days before the event, the registration fee is not refundable. However, you will receive a credit for the registration fee which can be applied to another Young Child Learning event within the following 12 months. The processing fee is non-refundable.
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- Video: Graphics output capability
- Sound: Sound output capability
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- RAM: 4GB or more
- Video: Graphics output capability
- Sound: Sound output capability
Mobile specific requirements
- iOS 15.0 and above
- Android 7.0 and above
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