Use of tools to support positive interactions between adults and children and to support adults to respond in an individualised way to children.
Provide regular, additional adult support to ensure all children who struggle with interactions are socially included. Provide individualised, targeted interventions to develop their skills through specific target setting and timely reviews using the Plan-Do-Review process.
Use an Intensive Interaction approach to build relationships with children who find it hard to interact. For children who are not using any words yet, you can copy their actions. If they clap their hands, you clap them too. See what they do; they might look at you and smile to let you know they want you to carry on. Once the child is interacting well with you regularly, invite another child to join you too.