With summer and great weather quickly arriving (yay!), we can be pretty sure that your children are anxious to be active, outside, and playing! Whether you plan to spend the summer in your local community, to take a family vacation, or to enroll your children in summer camps, we hope this list of summer activity...
Where are you from and where do you currently live and work? I am from Middletown, Ohio. While I’ve lived in different cities around the state, my husband and I moved back to Middletown before having children to be near family. I work for Warren County Board of Developmental Disabilities Early Intervention in Lebanon, Ohio. How long...
Dr. Solomon recently returned from a P.L.A.Y. Project Agency Training in Switzerland, and, as a writer by nature, kept a travel journal of his experience to share with you: April 22, Monday. The flight to Geneva and the train ride to Lausanne were uneventful. Here we are in French speaking Western Switzerland! We have a...
Where are you from and where do you currently live and work? I live and work in Asheville, North Carolina, a beautiful town situated in the Appalachian Mountains. I have a private speech therapy practice that serves children from infants through 12 years, and I also work for F.I.R.S.T., an agency that provides family education...
A P.L.A.Y. Project mom has graciously allowed us to share a guest post she recently wrote for jenniferajanes.com’s series Autism Is… In Tammy’s post, ‘Autism Is…My Greatest Teacher,’ she shares several important lessons she has learned from her daughter, noting that “in reality, Beth has taught me more than I have taught her. I knew...
In honor and recognition of April as National Autism Awareness Month, we’d like to share some links with you to several stories about the challenges and joys of autism. From starting school to finding friendship to dispelling labels and starting a career, the following links lead to some great articles and resources, written from diverse...
In addition to a very busy domestic schedule, The P.L.A.Y. Project will be traveling abroad again this year to present workshops and conduct Agency Trainings. We are excited to expand our international network of P.L.A.Y. Project providers, and look forward to these events! Lausanne, Switzerland April 24-27: P.L.A.Y. Project Agency Training (Richard Solomon, MD) The...
We are proud to feature one of our Michigan P.L.A.Y. Project families, and are so grateful for their trust and commitment. Below is their story: As our only child’s 2nd birthday approached, we had developed concerns over his limited use of language and his hyperactivity. While trying to educate ourselves as to the reason he wasn’t talking...
The P.L.A.Y. Project would like to mention a very special person who has been instrumental in advocating for and bringing P.L.A.Y. to Ohio, where we have trained over 100 Home Consultants to date and plan to train more this year. Margaret Conrad, who retired from her position as Director of Four Oaks Early Childhood Programs...
P.L.A.Y. Project Home Consultant Laura Zdravkovski was recently crowned Mrs. Michigan, and will be using Autism: Connecting the Missing Pieces as her platform to promote autism treatment options as she prepares to compete in Mrs. America on August 28 in Arizona. We asked to her to answer a few questions about herself and her role...
