play therapy

The Updike family basement doubles as Henry's therapy room.

Lekotek intervention, a mandatory component to the social welfare system in Sweden and Norway, has 32 play and learning centers throughout the United States.

"When you do what your child loves, then the child will love to be with you. That is the essence of the P.L.A.Y. Project."

Martha, a service dog "employed" full time in an Indiana classroom, has a calming effect on many students including those with autism.

The Easter Seals Oregon Children's Therapy Center has its focus on children with autism and other developmental disorders.

Sensory Pathways founder and occupational therapist, Lorri Malagarie, believes that play therapy can "organize and desensitize the nervous system." 

Three New Hampshire moms with 9 kids between them, and a lot of speech pathology experience opened Amherst Therapy Connections.

Evan Bertrand, who attends Hannah Moore School in Annapolis, MD, plays the piano to communicate with others.