“We trained several of our staff in the The PLAY Project Certification training and they were taking care of families within 2 months! They loved the training and we’re seeing benefits to our families already.”
Organizations
PLAY has successfully impacted these systems of care…
- State-level and local Early Intervention (EI) systems, agencies, and programs (Departments of Education, Departments of Developmental Disabilities, Part C Coordinators, Birth to Three state programs, etc.)
- Rehabilitation agencies, both private and hospital-based (SLP, OT, PT)
- Behavioral Health Care systems, agencies, and programs (MSW, PhD, Counselors, MD)
- Child Care systems, agencies, and programs
For organizations that serve young children with autism, The P.L.A.Y. Project (PLAY) model can positively change the system of care. Certified PLAY Project Consultants become real experts in working with families who have an autistic and or neurodivergent youngster. PLAY is an evidence-based intervention that can stand alone or be integrated into any therapy regimen.
Our efficient certification process allows us to quickly and effectively train professionals in large systems of care with high fidelity, so that many children can be served right away. For example, the State of Ohio has adopted PLAY as their autism specific early intervention (Birth to 3) program. Click here to read an independent evaluation of our collaboration with the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities.
The PLAY Project is effective among parent-implemented models because…
Top 5 Reasons Professionals & Organizations are looking at The PLAY Project as a solution to Autism Intervention:
Participants learn a new approach that changes the way they interact with children with autism and their families.
It empowers parents and helps children with ASD improve in social interaction. It is also cost effective and ten times less expensive than therapist delivered services.
Experienced with over 10 years in the field of training and working with systems.
PLAY research shows that our structured training and certification program can train large numbers of professionals with high fidelity, offering a public policy solution for getting children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) off waitlists.
It’s fun for professionals to learn and for families to implement at home.
More benefits of establishing PLAY Project services in your organization:
PLAY Project training is focused on preparing professionals. Armed with new techniques and clinical skills, trainees gain expertise to coach parents to build stronger connections with their autistic children and create joyful interactions between parent and child.
The PLAY Project’s training options – from the courses to The Intensive Workshops to the PLAY Project Consultant Certification – are completely online making it easy for busy professionals to become skilled in our evidence-based model.
Dr. Rick and The PLAY Project master trainers offer educational webinars and resources for our certified and licensed PLAY Project consultants to help hone clinical expertise.
Our licensed providers enjoy the use of customizable marketing materials and content to help them promote their PLAY Project program. Organizations are also listed in the PLAY Project Directory.
Research on The PLAY Project found significant improvement in child’s social skills (increased shared attention and initiation), compliance, social emotional development, and autism symptomatology. Additional outcomes found improvements in parent-child interaction and decreased parent stress and depression.
One full-time Certified PLAY Project Consultant (PPC) can potentially serve up to 25 families on their caseload. PLAY Project services have been delivered state-wide in several states to serve large numbers of children as part of autism public policy. Most PPCs, however, simply integrate PLAY into their existing clinical service options.
Certified PLAY Project Consultants can begin offering PLAY Project evidenced-based intervention services within 3 months of beginning certification training. Efficient, large-scale, effective implementation of our Parent Implemented Model (PIM) for autism offers communities and especially early intervention systems a workforce that can begin to get children off of waiting lists.
Parents (and professionals) love this joyful intervention and give PLAY training and programs high satisfaction ratings!