Richard Solomon, MD How would you feel if you knew that your child with autism needed intensive intervention as soon as possible and then you were told that you had to wait for months or even years before you could get services? I want to talk about the tens of thousands of desperate parents whose...
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Dr. Rick’s Blog – Play, Autism, and The PLAY Project
Dr. Rick’s Blog No. 1 Play, Autism, and The PLAY Project Recently, there was a New York Times opinion piece by Paul Tough entitled To Help Children, Coach Their Parents about research on young children who were at high risk for developmental and behavioral problems in Jamaica. What did they coach the parents to do?...
WATCH: Video feedback for parents within a state-wide implementation of PLAY Project in Ohio
WATCH: Learn how counties within the state-wide Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities are implementing the PLAY Project. Through PLAY Project’s systematic video feedback and written reports, parents receive the guidance they need to increase the social interaction and functional development of their children.
PLAY Project helping the growing number of Children with autism improve social connections
“It’s helping draw the child out and trying to get that relationship and those social connections going back and forth between the child and their family and peers.” This article highlights the growing need for additional services for children on the autism spectrum and how PLAY Project is helping these children grow in their functional development....
Teaching PLAY being pioneered in Preble County Schools
Check out this article on one county in Ohio introducing Teaching PLAY, the school-based PLAY Project intervention, to the classroom. Click here to read the article
Ohio Releases Findings on State-Wide PLAY Project Implementation!
Read the latest news from Ohio on PLAY Project’s Implementation and Impact on families throughout the state. PLAY Evaluation Final Report
PLAY Project Research has been published in the October 2014 edition of the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics!
Click to read the paper NOW online Click here to read the exciting news wire summary about the research Click here for our Media Kit Media inquiries and interview requests to Onna Solomon – onna@playproject.org or (734) 585-5333 x202 Click here for the JDBP PLAY Project Research Abstract Research reference: Richard Solomon, Laurie A. Van Egeren, Gerald Mahoney,...
Overview for Administrators
Have a waiting list for autism services? Consider the PLAY Project. Get children into evidenced-based services immediately and complement other services including ABA. PLAY Project is an evidenced-based autism intervention option for: organizations health care centers community mental health systems early intervention systems governmental systems private practice individuals Check out our latest research here. Our program is successfully implemented...