Research Collaboration 

Project PLAAY is housed within the San Antonio Applied Behavior Analysis (SAABA) Research Consortium. SAABA partners include the Children's Hospital of San Antonio, the University of Texas at San Antonio's Department of Educational Psychology, and the Autism Treatment Center. SAABA's mission is to improve the outcomes for individuals with autism, intellectual, and developmental disabilities in school, home, and community settings. Click here to learn more information about the SAABA Research Consortium.

Project PLAAY

Our Goals 

This project will identify infants and toddlers at high-risk for developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and create a radical, innovative parent-assisted treatment program for infants as young as 6 months.
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The PLAAY research team is looking to recruit at least 75 infants and toddlers from San Antonio and surrounding areas. Children will go through a series of assessments including neurological examination and neuropsychological testing led by Dr. Svoboda and her partner, Dr. Andrew Martinez of the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio. If included in the study, infants will be seen at the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio, and toddlers will be seen at the Autism Treatment Center for the intervention led by Dr. Leslie Neely and partners at the Autism Treatment Center.

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Please note that this work was supported in whole or part by a grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB). The opinions and conclusions expressed in this document are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policy of the THECB.