"Improv-Ed": Fostering Play in Autism Education

Recording: "Improv-Ed": Fostering Play in Autism Education, Date TBA

How do we teach kids with autism to play, if we ourselves don’t play? Applied Improvisation introduces an informal learning-based practice for helping educators teach children on the Autism spectrum through interactive games and exercises. In this hands-on session, a behaviorist and a performance scholar team up to devise improvisational exercises through behavioral precepts that enable educators to foster play skills necessary for providing treatment to children on the Autism spectrum.



Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SXSW.

Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SXSW.

Omar Abdullah

Cultivate Behavior Health and Education

Rob Fattal

Cultivate Behavioral Health and Education