MindBuilders, a UK programme derived from the American model Play Project, has been running in the London borough of Tower Hamlets for the past four years under founder Sibylle Janert.
Dr Rick Solomon, who developed the Play Project programme, was in London last week to hold a workshop conference for parents and practitioners.
In the programme, parents learn how to interact with their children in the home through initiating interaction, storytelling, two-way gesturing and copying.
'The model grew out of a desperate need for parents to have intervention that works,' said Dr Solomon. 'It's intensive intervention, up to 25 hours per week, with a one-on-one set-up. The difference from more traditional programmes is that it is developmental as opposed to behavioural.
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