Play to Talk available now!

A new book written by Dr. James MacDonald from Communicating Partners and Pam Stoika from Integrated Development Services.

Play To Talk will help any child who is learning language. This approach has also been successful with hundreds of children with autism, Asperger syndrome, Down syndrome, apraxia, neurological concerns, and many other delays.

Based on 30 years of clinical research, Play to Talk empowers parents and professionals with proven strategies and step-by-step instructions to help children of any age learn to talk and develop essential skills for conversational relationships and social interactions. This program turns everyday play sessions and social interactions between your child and family members into opportunites to foster language development, relationship skills and positive behavior-without taking the fun out of being together.

Play to Talk will help parents whose children: * Are "late to talk" * Stay alone or avoid others * Play little or in unusual ways * Rarely communicate with sounds * Talk more to themselves than to others * Have language but rarely have conversations * Dominate conversations * Have difficulty developing friendships * Treat others in unacceptable ways * Seem unhappy or depressed * Are diagnosed with developmental delays

We at Relate & Grow have had first hand experience with Dr. Jim. He is both a wonderful man and a well respected expert in the field.  We are truly lucky to have him here as a resource for our children in Central Ohio.  If you wish to contact him directly please use the link to his organization "Communicating Partners" on the left hand side of the page.