PLAY Project Two-Day Intensive Workshop

Richard Solomon, MD, founder of The PLAY Project, believes every young child with autism should have access to life-changing early intervention, by empowering their parents or caregivers.  The PLAY Project strives to create a world where all children with autism receive early intervention services and parents choose the best treatment options for their child.

This professional development opportunity will provide you with an overview of the PLAY Project methods and principles along with case studies to gain immediate skills in helping children with autism. The workshop consists of case studies, video analysis of parent and child interaction, and group activities that develop your skills in play-based, developmental and behavioral techniques for engaging children with autism and other developmental delays.

Who will benefit:

Our intensive workshop will be of interest to administrators and policy makers involved with autism services, parents of children with autism, and providers who serve these children. This workshop can serve as a first step in pursuing the Certified PLAY Project and Teaching PLAY Consultant credential.

Learning Objectives and Outcomes:

Learners will learn evidence based strategies, through case study videos and discussion, that promote engagement, which facilitate learning and therapeutic interventions.

-Explain the 7 Circles of PLAY and how they relate to the PLAY Autism Intervention Program when working with children with ASD
-Define intensive autism intervention, including interventions that are categorized as play-based, developmental, and behavioral
-Identify techniques that help improve language, social skills, behavior, development, and play skills of children with autism
-Describe Greenspan’s 6 Functional Developmental Levels (FDLs) and how they relate to The PLAY Project Autism Intervention
-Identify the behaviors and symptoms of children who have sensory processing challenges
-Describe how a child’s unique profile is created and develop a plan to improve the child’s social interactions based on this profile
-Identify developmental progress and PLAY Project methods & techniques through the review of video case studies
-Participants watch evidence based strategies, through case study videos, that promote engagement. Participants will take a quiz to show what they have learned.
-Participants work in small groups to practice developing a child profile, after watching a case study video. Participants leave the training with handouts that they can use to further practice these skills with children and families.
*Learning outcomes will be assessed through a PLAY Project self-evaluation quiz

Continued Education:

CEUs are offered pending approval through:

• 1.2 ASHA CEUs
• 1.2 AOTA CEUs/Contact Hours

*Category 1: Domain of OT, Category 3: Professional Issues

Certificates of attendance for the Two-Day Intensive workshop will be issued to all participants at the completion of the course.

Prerequisites:

There are no prerequisites for this course. This is an introductory/beginner-level course.

Hotel and Travel Information

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Payment and special rates
Please contact events@playproject.org for:

– Paying by check or PO
– Discounts on student, parent and group rates
– Any additional questions

Cancellation Policy: 

We are unable to offer a refund if a trainee cancels less than a week before the event start date but another registrant could be substituted in their place. The PLAY Project can cancel an event up to two weeks before the start date. In this situation all registrants will be notified via email and refunded their money to their original form of payment.

Special Needs Policy:

The PLAY Project will accommodate reasonable requests. Accommodations can be listed on our registration form

In collaboration with:

The University of Vermont
Since 1791, the University of Vermont has worked to move humankind forward. Today, UVM is a Public Ivy and top 100 research university of a perfect size, large enough to offer a breadth of ideas, resources, and opportunities, yet small enough to enable close faculty-student mentorship across all levels of study, from bachelor’s to M.D. programs. Here, students’​ educational experience and activities are enriched by our location — from the energy and innovation of Burlington to the forests, farms, and independent spirit of Vermont. UVM provides students endless ways to explore the world, challenge ideas, and dig in on the most pressing issues of our time.

Adirondack Helping Hands
Adirondack Helping Hands is dedicated to providing the highest quality, strength based therapeutic approach to learning for children with developmental delays and diagnoses, while offering on-going communication to families. Parent involvement and participation are extremely vital to the success of this program. We are committed to working as a team to meet your child’s needs. We believe in a child-directed therapy approach. Our agency’s philosophy embraces that each child is unique and, therefore; our therapists adjust their therapy techniques to meet each child’s specific needs, not just their diagnosis. We understand that a child’s work is their play and is critical to a child’s development, so therapy is individually tailored with this in mind. Our philosophy is research and evidence based and follows the concepts outlined in the DIR/Floortime Model by Dr.Greenspan, which focuses on providing therapy to the whole child while simultaneously fostering healthy social-emotional development. Adirondack Helping Hands will be implementing The PLAY Project model soon! The PLAY Project is a parent implemented, intensive early intervention program for young children with autism that is evidence-based.