Play Radical

A riff on ‘safety first’. 🐈🐈🐈Drawing is one of my favourite communication tools, especially when working with children who might struggle with face to face interaction. Sitting beside someone and drawing together has been the start of a lot of my relationships with children I’ve worked with. It’s opening a channel of communication with little pressure to interact with the other person. I think because drawing is commonly accepted as a solo activity it means a lot of children seem to feel comfortable sitting alongside me when I’m drawing where they might not be able to cope with me talking to them. I get to show them something about me, they get to show me something about them. Over time this can lead to more collaboration and interaction through the drawing. The child I was with sat alongside me making suggestions whilst I drew this. #drawing #play #playwork #asn #communication #asd #autism #art #artist #comic #inclusiveplay

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