Richard Solomon, MD, founder of The PLAY Project, talks to Big 2 News – KMID about The PLAY Project’s online learning opportunities for parents and professionals who want to help children with autism reach their full potential! Read the full web story here and the extended conversation with Dr. Solomon here. The PLAY Project’s online...
De- schooling Autism “If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.” by Richard Solomon MD, FAAP September 2020 Everywhere you look in the news now, there’s an article about the return to classes in the fall and the chaos that COVID 19 is causing school...
By Diane Cullinane M.D. “‘Good job!’ is a phrase used frequently during treatment sessions with autistic children. What message does a child receive from hearing, ‘Good Job!’? We hope they hear our interest, encouragement and approval. However, when ‘Good Job!’ becomes a habit, is it still successful in conveying this meaning? Or, does it simply...
Written by Richard Solomon, MD For the longest time I wondered why so many children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) loved trains and wheels as their favorite ‘special interests’. When I finally figured it out, I not only answered my question but learned something fundamental about human nature. Let me start by telling you about the...
Written by: Richard Solomon, MD You’ve probably seen the Autism Speaks ads: “Every two seconds a child is diagnosed with autism.” As I write this today, the CDC has determined that 1 in a 54 people or 2% of males has an autism spectrum disorder (ASD)!1Ever since Bob Wright, former president of NBC, became the grandfather of a...
PLAY Project research is included in The American Academy of Pediatrics’ Clinical Report “Identification, Evaluation, and Management of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder.” The report recommends parent training models as an early intervention approach! Click here to access the article.
Happy Read Across America Day! Books encompass all the methods of invoking empathy, caring, conflict resolution. etc. See below for recommended books for children with autism. Have a favorite book you don’t see on our list? Let us know! For children and parents to read together: Owen by Kevin Hankes The King’s Equal by Katherine...
