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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 to gain immediate skills in helping children with autism. The workshop consists of case study video analyses of parent and child interaction 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 early intervention and/or child development professionals, (SLP, OT, PT, M.Ed, MSW), behavioral health providers, parents of children with autism, administrators and policy makers involved with autism services. After this workshop participants will be able to: -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 and techniques through the review of video case studies
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