Description
Published: November 24, 2025.
Length: 60-Minutes
This webinar will explain how to support families of children with neuromotor impairments to achieve more independent play. We will discuss how motor difficulties cause decreased participation in play and why increased participation in play and other roles should be the focus of support for these children. Research and evidence on the benefits of independent, high-quality play will be presented.
We will explore the role of play in therapeutic interventions for children. The webinar will focus on the principles behind the Play for All approach and how they can be used to provide more robust and independent play. Examples of carefully selected toys and toy adaptations that allow children with very limited use of their hands to participate meaningfully in play will be provided.
By sharing the ideas and principles behind Play for All in this Webinar, we hope to help therapists and teachers make play in therapy and school more impactful and help families outside of our service area to increase participation and fun at home.
As a result of this activity, participants will be able to:
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Discuss play as an important part of childhood participation and fun , as well as a therapeutic tool.
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Identify the cognitive stages of play and discuss the barriers that cause children classified as MACS/Mini-MACS levels III, IV, and V to seem “stuck” in their play development.
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Define the principles behind Play for All that are used in the Adapted Play program at the Perlman Center at CCHMC and discuss how to translate these principles into practice.
Carol “Bridget” Baker, Occupational Therapist II, OTR/L, over 30 years of pediatric occupational therapy experience including school-based OT, Since 2017 I have been working as an outpatient therapist at the Perlman Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
