All are welcome.

• Professional Training Program, classroom and individual consultation
• Parent Education Series and Support
• Grandparent Support Groups
• Social Skill Groups
• Respite Information
• Summer Camp WANNAGOAGAIN
• Advocacy
• Instructional videos

The Autism Project is a ‘Hub of Hope’ that connects people—with a spectrum of needs—to the available resources and education that support independent and purposeful lives.
Autism Project
1516 Atwood Avenue
Johnston, RI 02919

Referral from pediatrician/physician faxed to 401-453-7697

Providing behavioral health services across the developmental stages of the family. The staff in the Center for Children and Families provides integrated care across psychology, psychiatry and clinical social work to support adults and children.   

• Perinatal, Postpartum and Infancy services 
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Family Support NICU
• Newborn Neurobehavioral Consult Service
• Infant Behavior, Cry, and Sleep Clinic (also called the Colic Clinic) 
• Occupational Therapy Consult Service
• Healthy Early Relationships (HER)
• Center for Children and Families Clinical Services
• Diagnostic evaluations 
• Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD) Clinic (up to age 18)

The Center for Children and Families at Women and Infants provides behavioral health services across developmental stages of the family. The staff in the Center for Children and Families provides integrated care across psychology, psychiatry and clinical social work to support adults and children.  

Developmental stages served include: adult services to support women during the perinatal and postpartum period; family-based mental health services for parents and infants; infant services around sleep and regulatory difficulties; early childhood services with a focus on diagnostic evaluation and child/family therapy; and services to children of a broad age range with autism or a parental concern for autism. 

The Center for Children and Families is closely aligned with the Brown Center For The Study Of Children At Risk. The mission of the Center is to stimulate outstanding interdisciplinary research, education, and clinical services on the biological and social factors that determine the developmental outcome of at-risk children.

Monday thru Friday 8:00-4:30 pm. 

The ROLL CALL Videos are short and to the point with the goal of informing Public Safety Personnel and the community on how to better engage with an autistic person during both a stressful and day-to-day encounter.

First Responder Training Series Trailer and overview

First Responder Introduction to Autism

Supporting an Autistic Person with an Emergency

Supporting an Autistic Person During a Traffic Stop

Autistic Self-Advocates and Family In-Sights for First Responders

This project is supported by Grant No. 2020-J1-BX-0013 awarded by the bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, The National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the SMART Office. Points of view or opinions in this video are those of the participants and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Provides a parent implemented, intensive, evidence-based early intervention program for young children with autism. PLAY Project services can be located here.

The PLAY Project is based on the DIR® (Developmental, Individualized, Relationship-based) theory of Stanley Greenspan, MD and Serena Weider PhD, and emphasizes the importance of helping parents become their child’s best play partner.