“Play provides a beautiful avenue for relating, learning, and just having fun in and of itself,” explains Ashley Case, a pediatric occupational therapist by profession and a full-time mom, in her article published on Motherly: “To the parents who don’t think they’re good at ‘playing’—you are.” Case encourages parents to play with their children, provides...
Ben Gretchko: the 2017 high school graduate and now the successful college student. The Detroit Jewish news recently caught up with Ben Gretchko, a 19-year-old who once journeyed through The PLAY Project. Ben may be recognizable to some; Ben’s high school commencement speech went viral and has over 2 million views. To watch “Graduating with...
1. It’s empowering! P.L.A.Y. Project 4-day trainings empower professionals to confidently use play as their primary way of interacting with young children with ASD. Through the training and supervision process, professionals learn how to effectively engage children while honoring the child’s intentions and needs. This approach also allows professionals to address a child’s social and...
We are continuously updating our map to reflect all new and updated P.L.A.Y. Project providers. Remember that you can type your city, state, or country into the search bar to find the provider nearest to you. If there are no P.L.A.Y. Project providers near you, please check the bottom of this page for some suggestions....
The PLAY Project wishes all of you health, happiness, love, and all the best for the New Year! We are ringing in 2013 with an updated Mission, Vision, and Values set to reflect our goals for the future and the core values of our organization. We are excited to share our new Mission, Vision, and...
We recently received this photo and the below note from Micah’s father, who so graciously allowed us to share it with you. We are so happy to see Micah’s bright and smiling face and to hear that he is truly living life to the fullest! “This is our son, Micah Martinson, who was diagnosed on...
Grandmother Fran Kohler sent in a lovely video about The PLAY Project and the positive influence it has had on both her granddaughter and herself. Thank you Fran, we are so pleased to hear about how The PLAY Project has helped your family 🙂 We look forward to seeing you at the Advanced Workshop later...
Dr. Solomon recently had the wonderful opportunity to speak about autism and The PLAY Project with All Things Considered’s Jennifer White for a story called ‘Understanding Autism.’ You can read the story and listen to the full segment here.
Hello and welcome to The PLAY Project blog! This blog will act as a space to keep you up-to-date and informed about current autism research and events, about autism in the news, about The PLAY Project happenings, and about other autism and PLAY Project-related issues and updates. 2012 has been an exciting year so far...
