Halloween for Children with Autism – It May Be a Trick to Have a Treat: PLAY Project Tips to Make Your Halloween Fun! (For ages 10 and under)! Richard Solomon, MD No matter the age – if you have a child with autism, “Halloweening” may be a challenge especially during this ‘scarier than Halloween’ pandemic!...
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...
You may be wondering how to best communicate information to your child during the coronavirus outbreak. Below is an excerpt from the American Psychological Association and additional resources: “Discuss the news coverage of the coronavirus with honest and age-appropriate information. Parents can also help allay distress by focusing children on routines and schedules. Remember that...
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...
Halloween is here again and this year, we thought it would be fun to focus on one of the most popular Halloween traditions: pumpkin carving. Most of you probably have a few pumpkins by now and it’s pretty hard to get in the spirit of Halloween without carving pumpkins. Unfortunately, this can be a rather...
Dr. Solomon, along with other professionals in the autism field, was recently interviewed for a video on the Interacting with Autism website, which is a video based resource on autism. You can check out the video here: DIR/Floortime: Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship-based
By Ashley Case, OTR/L A Social Story can be a great way to help children process through a significant issue, event, or experience. Social Stories are appropriate for all children who demonstrate skills through Functional Developmental Level 5 (creating and elaborating ideas). It is at this point, beginning around 24-30 months, that children are able...
By: Joanna Evans Early Intervention Specialist-Delaware County Board of Developmental Disabilities Certified P.L.A.Y. Project Home Consultant These days we all live in an instant gratification society. Waiting for anything can always be a challenge. Waiting in line at the grocery store, waiting for your tax refund check, the list goes on. Is waiting ever a...
By: Colleen Zunk, P.L.A.Y. Project Home Consultant & Supervisor [Below are some guidelines for using electronic devices in play, put together by one of our supervisors. We hope you find them helpful!] Comfort Zone Definition When the child ‘tunes you out’ and appears to be in his ‘own world.’ When a child’s comfort zone is...
