News

Ask the Expert
March, 2010: Association for Play Therapy

 

Hygiene, Dating and Safe Sex: DIR/Floortime with Older Adolescents/Young Adults Impacted by Asperger's Disorder
February, 2010: Summit Education

 

Expert perspective: Developmental treatment for autism and other challenges
August 4, 2009: Examiner.com

 


Floor Time: A Play Intervention for Children with Autism
Play Therapy Magazine - Visit Site
January, 2009


Play Therapy with a 4 Year Old Girl Impacted by Selective Mutism
Play Therapy Magazine - Visit Site
December, 2008

Audio: October 20, 2008
Dr. Hess Interview with Craig Evans from Autism Hang Out


New therapy for autism gives kids A SIGN OF HOPE
Los Angeles Daily News - Visit Site
December 13, 2007


Why Is It So Hard to 'Say No' to Our Teens with Special Needs?
The Autism Perspective - Visit Site
Spring 2006

I Look At Life From Both Sides Now
The Autism Perspective - Visit Site
Spring 2006

Floor Time: A Play Intervention for Children with Autism
Association for Play Therapy - Visit Site
September 2005

The Reason That I Sing
The Los Angeles Psychologist - Visit Site
July/August 2002

Giving Voice to Songs of Survival
Los Angeles Times - Visit Site
March 9, 2002

Evidence based research to support DIR/Floor Time

  • Families of autistic kids sue over therapy's elimination

  • Evidence Base for the DIR/Floortime Approach

  • DIR/Floortime and Autism Spectrum Disorders: Overview and Summary of Scientific and Public Support

  • Autism and Parent's Choices: Fact Sheet

  • Mandating Autism Policy - A Closer Look at the Evidence: A Fact Sheet for Law Makers, Parents and Health Professionals

    • Tips for Kids from Dr. Hess

  • Helping Our Kids with Autism Transition Back Into School

    • Resources

  • Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of The Listening Program for Improvement of Auditory Skills and Speech for Children With Down Syndrome

  • A Study to Establish Whether the Use of The Listening Program is Effective in Improving Auditory Skills for Children with Autism

  • Selected Sildes from Dr. Hess's Recent Presentations - 2009

  • Suggested Social Games

  • Examples of Educational Strategies

  • Mining Report-April 2009: Play-Based Intervention with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

  • Floor Time: An Emotional Developmental Approach to Play Therapy for Children Impacted by Developmental and/or Affective Disorders

  • Challenges of Families Raising a Special Needs Child

  • Autism: Identification, Assessment and Intervention

  • Clinical Support for Families Dealing with the Diagnosis of Autism

  • Uses of Play with Learning Disabilities and Developmental Delay

  • Developmental Tasks During Early Adolescence: Strategies for the Classroom

  • Developmental Tasks for Grades 1-4: Strategies for the Classroom

  • Doing Floor Time as a Group Activity

  • Floor Time: An Intervention that Brings Families Together
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