Play and Leisure with Rose Griffin

In the world of education, we focus so much attention on academic progress and the details of those IEP meetings. One aspect of education that is often overlooked is the role that play and leisure can have in reaching students, improving their communication skills and self-confidence, and learning to engage with others while having fun. Join us to learn more from today’s guest! Rose Griffin has unique expertise in teaching play and leisure skills that can be enjoyed over a lifetime. She has been a Speech-Language Pathologist for 20 years and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst for 10 years, making her one of less than 500 people in the world with this dual certification. Five years ago, she started her own business, ABA Speech, and has created products, courses, and a podcast, Autism Outreach. Through these efforts, Rose serves people all over the world. Rose’s next career move is to step away from her work in public schools, which will give her more opportunities to help students and families through her private practice.  Show Highlights: Why Rose pursued dual certification to help more autistic kids Why collaboration from speech/language pathologists, teachers, and parents is essential How Rose incorporates play and leisure into her work in her private practice and with students in school How play and leisure are defined Why play and leisure skills are lifetime skills that begin with shared games and fun activities with family and friends How teachers can support more play and leisure into school days Why play can take many forms Rose shares a success story about a student playing “Simon Says” Thank you for listening!  Links/Resources: Connect with Rose and check out her courses, products, blogs, trainings, and podcast: http://www.abaspeech.org ( www.abaspeech.org)   Find Rose’s podcast,https://abaspeech.org/autism-outreach-podcast/ ( Autism Outreach). Don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE to the show to receive every new episode delivered straight to your podcast player ev