Grandmother Fran Kohler sent in a lovely video about The PLAY Project and the positive influence it has had on both her granddaughter and herself. Thank you Fran, we are so pleased to hear about how The PLAY Project has helped your family 🙂 We look forward to seeing you at the Advanced Workshop later...
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PLAY Consultant Testimonials
We thought you might like to hear what some PLAY Project Home Consultants have to say about the 4-Day Agency Training they attended to become licensed PLAY Project providers. Here are some testimonials from a recent group of trainees: “So well organized. Great teachers. Can’t wait to implement!” ~Aimee Craig “I would highly recommend The...
Watch Dr. Solomon’s Presentation ‘Autism: The Brain-Mind Connection’
In January of this year, Dr. Solomon gave a free talk at the Ann Arbor District Library called “Autism: The Brain-Mind Connection.” The talk was recorded and is now up on the library’s website for viewing. You can watch here: The Brain-Mind Connection. Here is the library’s description of the presentation: Dr. Solomon will present...
Win FREE Registration to the Advanced Workshop (June 29, 2012)!
Advanced Workshop LOTTERY For a chance to win FREE registration to the Advanced Workshop ($160 value), please submit one of the following*: A video testimonial about The PLAY Project (from a parent, child, or PLAY consultant): tell us how PLAY has impacted you, your family, or your work OR A video clip of a fun...
PLAY Project Agency Training in Pittsburgh, PA
Thank you to all of the folks in Pittsburgh who organized such a wonderful PLAY Agency Training event on the beautiful campus of Chatham University! The 2-Day Professional Conference and 4-Day Agency Training were successful events with great groups of parents and professionals in attendance. Dr. Solomon and The PLAY Project are honored to have...
Michigan Autism Insurance Signed into Law!
Yesterday was a BIG day for Michigan! On Wednesday, April 18, Dr. Solomon traveled to Michigan’s capital city to stand by as Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley signed into law a bill mandating that autism services in Michigan be covered by insurance companies. The ‘autism insurance bill’ will go into effect in just 6 months. In...
The Causes of Autism: Recent Evidence (an article by Richard Solomon, MD)
The following article by Dr. Solomon was recently published in The Toledo Blade: Autism spectrum disorders (ASD), characterized by delays in language, problems with social interaction and dominating, stereotyped behaviors and interests, have been increasing at a dramatic rate of 15% per year every year for the last 20 years! ASDs now affect 1 out...
Dr. Solomon and The PLAY Project Featured on NPR’s All Things Considered!
Dr. Solomon recently had the wonderful opportunity to speak about autism and The PLAY Project with All Things Considered’s Jennifer White for a story called ‘Understanding Autism.’ You can read the story and listen to the full segment here.
Welcome to The PLAY Project Blog!
Hello and welcome to The PLAY Project blog! This blog will act as a space to keep you up-to-date and informed about current autism research and events, about autism in the news, about The PLAY Project happenings, and about other autism and PLAY Project-related issues and updates. 2012 has been an exciting year so far...