The PLAY Project - Level I Workshop

Guest Speaker: Rick Solomon, M.D., P.L.A.Y. Project Director; Ann Harbor MI

Tuesday, June 12, 2007                        8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Sponsored by: Nellie Ruelos, M. D.

Carroll Mental Heath Care: Psychiatric Care with Compassion

6190 Georgetown Blvd., Suite 107;  Eldersburg, MD 21784

 

This one-day workshop focuses on The P.L.A.Y. Project, a unique, community-based autism training and early intervention program. The model is based on the developmental theories of Stanley Greenspan, MD, known as the Developmental, Individualized & Relationship (DIR) Oriented Model – also known as “Floortime”. The DIR theory and research will be presented along with videotape case examples to help participants learn DIR strategies, methods and techniques. The session will help parents and professionals learn effective, low cost, and efficient ways to provide intensive intervention programming for young children (18 months to 7 years) with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) and help them gain language and social skills.

Who Should Attend

• Family members of children with autism spectrum disorders

• Education professionals and paraprofessionals

• Occupational, physical and speech therapists

• Psychologists and social workers

• Medical professionals

Learning Objectives

• Identify current trends and research in ASDs

• Describe how “affect” drives growth and development

• Investigate the importance of the neurological “comfort zone”

• List and describe basic DIR (Floortime) principles, strategies, and techniques

• Plan and implement DIR intervention techniques with children with ASDs

Carroll County Faculty:

Dr. Nellie Ruelos, Medical Director of Carroll Mental Health Care, is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and has been in private practice in Carroll County since 1999.  She is an expert diagnostician and a strong proponent of the holistic approach to the care and management of the ASD Child.  Her past affiliations before going into private practice:  Associate Medical Director of the Child and Adolescent Ambulatory Services at Carroll Hospital Center; Director of the Adolescent Psychiatric Services at Springfield Hospital Center; Director of the Deaf Unit at Springfield Hospital Center; Director of Adolescent Services at Greenwell Springs Hospital in Louisiana; Staff Psychiatrist at Sheppard Pratt Hospital and Taylor Manor Hospital.

Consulting Facilitator of the P.L.A.Y. Project in Ann Arbor, MI:

Rick Solomon, MD, medical director of The PLAY Project started in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is board certified in both General Pediatrics and Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrics. Dr. Solomon is a member of the Autism committee for the Michigan Chapter of the Academy of Pediatrics, a colleague of Stanley Greenspan’s, a board member of the Interdisciplinary Council of Developmental and Learning Disorders (ICDL). The PLAY Project is now offered to more than 30 agencies in the Midwest and West Coast.

 

Agenda

8:30 a.m.      Check-in

8:45 a.m.      Introductions by Dr. Nellie Ruelos

9:00 a.m.      Overview of Autism; DIR Principles, Strategies & Methods: Parts 1 & 2

12:00 p.m.    Lunch (will be provided)

1:00 p.m.      Techniques and Strategies for Home and School

2:45 p.m.      Snack

3:00 p.m.      Case Studies

4:30 p.m.      Wrap-up and Evaluation

 

Workshop Location:

 

Liberty Church

1641 Old Westminster Road, Westminster, MD 21157

Phone Number: 410-857-1550

 

 

Kimberly A. Bell, M.S., CCC-SLP
Owner/Speech-Language Pathologist
SPEECH PATHways
kim.bell@...
www.speechpathways.net
Phone: 410-374-0555
Fax: 410-374-8620
Carroll County, Maryland

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