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About P.L.A.Y. Project

Developed by Richard Solomon, MD in 2001, The P.L.A.Y. Project is a practical, family-friendly application of renowned child psychiatrist Dr. Stanley Greenspan’s Developmental, Individual-differences, Relationship-based (DIR) framework, popularly known as Floortime.  The P.L.A.Y. Project emphasizes the importance of helping the parents become their child's best P.L.A.Y. partner.

The P.L.A.Y. Project Offers:

·      Structured monthly home visits focused on modeling, coaching, and video feedback. The video feedback is a unique feature of The PLAY Project as it allows the home consultant to give the families specific feedback on reading their child’s cues allowing the parents to understand how to remediate.  After each session, the home consultant reviews and analyzes the video taken during the P.L.A.Y. Project session.  In depth written and video information is provided to the family between sessions. 

 

·      Home consultants train parents to engage their child with autism in ways that promote emotional connection and communication.  The home consultant spend hours with the family, helping them to understand their child's sensory motor profile and Functional Developmental Level. 

 

·      Parents participate in their child’s intervention: The program emphasizes the importance of helping parents become their child’s best P.L.A.Y. partner.  As the parents understand how to use DIR/Floortime with their child, the need for intensive therapy outside the home decreases.  This alleviates the stress that comes with being on the run constantly and feeling as if you are neglecting other family members or responsibilities.

 

·      Cost-effective Early Intervention:  As the family improves on their skills as Play partner, the home therapist is needed less and the cost of the program decreases.  The goal is for the parents to be independent of the therapist. 

 

·      Research Based Early Intervention: Preliminary research has been so successful that The P.L.A.Y. Project has received $1.85 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).  Additional information about the research project can be found at http://www.playproject.org/about_research.php


The P.L.A.Y. Project follows The National Academy of Sciences recommendations for the education of young children with autistic spectrum disorders. Parents and professionals should:


  • Begin interventions early (18 months to 5 years)
  • Use intensive intervention 25 hours per week
  • Have a teacher/play partner to child ratio of 1:1 or 1:2
  • Use interventions that are engaging and
  • Have a strategic direction (e.g. social skills, language, etc.)
Contact a Home Consultant

 

The P.L.A.Y. Project Home Consultant Program

 

The P.L.A.Y. Project Home Consulting program provides training and support for families of young children (18 months to 6 years) with autism right in their home. Trained consultants teach parents techniques that are effective, fun, and useful in day-to-day interactions with their child with autism. By providing training in the home, consultants see the family in an environment where the child feels comfortable, rather than in a setting unfamiliar and possibly intimidating to the child.

 

The program is operating successfully in agencies all over the country, including Teaching U.  The consultants, who have degrees in child development fields or have demonstrated superior knowledge and experience with special children, receive intensive training by Dr. Solomon and his supervisory staff, in the DIR®/P.L.A.Y. Project® model before working with families. They then make 3-hour visits every four to six weeks to families’ homes to teach parents how to provide intensive, one-on-one, play-based services to their young children with autism.

 
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What to Expect 

Home Consultation typically includes


  • Family support.

10 visits per year.

3 hour sessions roughly divided between 1 hour of modeling, 1 hour of coaching the family and 1 hour of feedback.

Selected videotaping of P.L.A.Y. interactions.

Video review during and after session.

Written in depth assessments and feedback of each session.

On going evaluations of growth and developement.

  • Assistance with IEP Goals.

 

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