Anyone doing P.L.A.Y. therapy by Dr. Rick Solomon? This was suggested to us for my DS who although has not been diagnosed with autism is exhibiting many early "red flags". Just wondering if anyone has done this and what your opinion of it is. Thanks.

http://www.playproject.org/

Liz~ Proud Momma of BGB trips
Born on June 28, 2007
Lucian 3 lbs 1 oz
Zoe 4 lbs
Aiden 2 lbs 12 oz

Our son was diagnosed with autism by Dr. Solomon when he was almost 20 months. Dr. Solomon suggested the P.L.A.Y. Project, we looked into it but decided against it. From what I understand, a therapist would come to your home 8-12 times a year and show you how to play with your child. DH wondered how beneficial it really would be to have someone come to your home a few hours a month and then show us how to play with our child. Since my DH is a know-it-all, he figured we could figure out the best way to play with him. I posted back in October about the PLAY project and I don't think I received a response from anyone that had a child in the program or a similar program. I'm sure this wasn't to helpful, but hopefully you'll get some responses.


Have you looked into what EI services your State offers? It may not be much, but everything helps.

We are in Michigan. I have looked into EI and they were useless. They came and assessed my son and said he did not qualify for services. They based this on the fact that he was meeting his gross motor skills which I thought was ridiculous. When I told them about all of his sensory issues and lack of eye contact the OT told me that she once had a mother that was like me that was diagnosed with Munchausens by proxy. NICE HUH? So, to be honest I don't have much faith in EI helping my son.

What therapy do you have your son in? Did you figure out how to engage him in play on your own?

Liz~ Proud Momma of BGB trips
Born on June 28, 2007
Lucian 3 lbs 1 oz
Zoe 4 lbs
Aiden 2 lbs 12 oz

get ur son checked by a dev ped soon......at 16 mths my boys did show less eye contact and my ped thought i was wrong, i had to go from one ped to another just to get a referral for dev ped and finally when i did the dev ped diagonised my boys as pdd-nos(condition where signs of autism are there yet cannot be catogorized as classic autism).....I contacted EI and they got them checked by another set of doctors who stated they have dev delays but NOT pdd-nos...Confused and stressed very much with such diff diagonosis but EI had to give us ABA therapy since we had a diagonosis....

I still donno if at all my boys have ASD but I know they do have delays and ABA/OT/speech which is all provided by EI (we are in CA) helping me out since i alone cannot give one to one attention to each so that way i am satisfied.

So get a diagonosis from dev ped soon .Once u have the diagonosis u can fight with EI and by law they r bound to give u service soon.

email me if u have any questions.

Madhura




BBG born at 35 weeks 5 days
Adit-5 lbs 5 oz
Arul 5 lbs
Delisha 5 lbs 1.2 oz

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Thanks. I have been fighting to get him diagnosed for quite some time now. We have- taken him to a developmental ped and a neurologist. Both say he seems typical. To me it is so blatently obvious that he is somewhere on the spectrum but when I pressure the docs I get the crazy mother looks. My son has had issues since we brought him home. I am with him 24 hours a day but I guess that means nothing to them. I guess they are waiting for him to be non-verbal banging his head and flapping before they will say yep your right. Pisses me off so much. I wanna get early intervention for him so bad. I have been at this since he was 6 months old. So far the only one that will listen to me and agrees with my concerns is an OT that specializes in sensory issues and has a grandson on the spectrum.

Liz~ Proud Momma of BGB trips
Born on June 28, 2007
Lucian 3 lbs 1 oz
Zoe 4 lbs
Aiden 2 lbs 12 oz

My sons does not have any typical autistic symptoms but i donno what made me think so when i took them to see dev ped.....get a 2nd opinion and also get a written report from OT and give it to EI....

that might work.


BBG born at 35 weeks 5 days
Adit-5 lbs 5 oz
Arul 5 lbs
Delisha 5 lbs 1.2 oz

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Liz
I am so sorry you are struggling to get services for your son. Hang in there. I knew something was not right with one of my dds and I have been fighting to get her help too. EI in our state was worthless. Why don't they believe the mother!?! We have such strong instincts and we spend so much time with our kids. I know all of my children's little quirks, the pediatrician MAYBE spends 20 minutes with my dd but I would get dismissed time and time again over my concerns. I even faxed my pediatrician some abnormal lab results and he has blown me off once again. I guess pediatricians just don't know what to do with a kid on the spectrum. They just want it to go away. I am consulting with a new physician and hoping to get some help soon. I truly believe mother's know in their gut when something is not right so keep fighting and follow that gut instinct. Best of luck.
Tracey
GGG 2/04

Have you seen a DAN! doctor? They are MD's and will not blow you off. And you may get the diagnosis. Something to try. Look up DAN doctors in your area on the net.

Ann

BBG born 7/7/03
33 weeks 3 days

We were in play project for 2 years. Don't think of it as teaching you how to play with your child. That is not really what it is about. They give you tons of valuable information about how children successfully develope mentally, developementally and and some physical attributes as well. Your program uses play to entice a child into progressing with cognitave, speech and OT like activites that that would not normally be receptive to them. Unless you are a professional in the field you are not likely to "just figure it out". My son was very severe when he started at 5 years old. He was evaluated at 9-12 months developementally. He is 8 now and more like 4-5 years developementally. It was a godsend to us and something we COULD do unlike many therapies like ABA (expensive and time consuming). My area provided the service for free.

Chris

Just wanted to clarify, when the PLAY project was explained to us, they made it seem like they would just play with him, and since they charged $390 a session and mileage, we decided to go with more "traditional" therapy, such as speech therapy and occupational therapy. I also did find some books that helped us play with him better, but have found that most of them are geared for older children. I am currently reading Playing, Laughing and Learning with Childred on the Autism Spectrum by Julia Moor.

If you don't mind my asking, how did you find out that your area provided this type of therapy for free? It sounds interesting. We are currently in ECI (20 month BBG)-we are in a wide range of therapies (OT, speech--well, one is in, and one is on the wait list, Behavioral, and Developmental), but am thinking they need more. We have an appt to see a specialist in Oct, but in the meantime, I am trying to seek different resources. Any info is greatly appreciated!!
Amber

Are you in MI? It is offered free to residents of Genesee County thru Mott Childrens Services. We were referred by our Neuro. You can also look online at the model it was created from - DIR Floortime by Dr Greenspan.

http://www.icdl.com/dirFloortime/overview/index.shtml

This link will get you some info to get started. They give you pretty much all of the information on that website. The PLAY project just helps you to apply it in a specific manner that will best help your child.

Chris

No, I'm in TX. This is the first I've heard of this type of therapy. Thanks for the link, I will certainly check into it once I get a free sec. I truly appreciate the info!
Amber