Autism-Talk

8 Tips to Encourage Play in Young Children with Autism- Autism Play Skills Ok I'll admit it. I used to hate targeting play skills in therapy. I'm not sure why because I actually love playing WITH children but there was something so nebulous about trying to understand how to TEACH a child to play or more importantly enjoy playing when they do not naturally do so. I think it is because most of us were never taught explicitly or encouraged to play, we just felt driven to do so.