Organic Play
Joyful learning for every child.
At Organic Play™, we provide play-based ABA and Early Intervention services for children ages 1–7, along with training and consultation for organizations, early childhood educators and caregivers. Our approach is grounded in developmental understanding, responsiveness, and meaningful relationships, creating learning experiences that are thoughtfully personalized to each child. We believe children deserve joyful, developmentally informed opportunities that honour their strengths, identity, interests, and ways of engaging with the world.
What makes Organic Play™ unique is our integration of Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) with JASPER (Joint Attention, Symbolic Play, Engagement, and Regulation), an evidence-based developmental intervention developed at UCLA. Organic Play™ is proud to be the only provider in the Simcoe and King regions offering ABA services delivered by JASPER-certified professionals.
For us, play is much more than the use of toys. Play is one of the primary ways young children communicate, learn, develop relationships, explore ideas, and make sense of their experiences. JASPER provides a specialized developmental footing approach creating opportunities for children to participate, engage, communicate, and learn through play. By combining this expertise with evidence-based ABA practices and other interventions as ESDM, we create meaningful opportunities for growth that are responsive to each child’s developmental profile and natural curiosities.
Our services take place within real environments such as the home, daycare, and community, where development unfolds most naturally. Through child-led experiences and responsive interactions, we create opportunities for learning that feel engaging, respectful, and deeply human while building skills that carry into everyday life.
At Organic Play™, we believe that meaningful development happens through connection, relationships, participation, curiosity, communication, and play. Our goal is not simply to teach skills, but to create opportunities for children to participate, engaged more fully in the experiences, relationships, and communities that matter most to them.
“The JASPER treatment model is one of the most significant advances in early intervention for autism over the past 30 years”
— Peter Mundy, PhD, Distinguished Professor, University of California, Davis
Why intentional inclusion matters
The early years shape how children see themselves and how others respond to them. When a child is labelled as “challenging,” “silly,” “too quiet,” or “difficult,” it can interfere with their learning, confidence, self esteem and sense of belonging. Early developmental interventions helps every child, diagnosed or not, access the relationships, tools, and experiences they need to thrive.
How we support children
We look beyond behaviours to understand what a child is truly communicating. Instead of seeing difficulty, we see learning opportunities. Rather than interpreting quietness as disinterest or “silliness” as misbehaviour, we recognize these as unique expressions of curiosity. Through play-based learning, child led interactions, co-regulation, sensory support, and developmental observation, we help every child grow with confidence
We use the Organic Play™ MindClusivity™ framework to guide our understanding of children’s participation, development, learning, and engagement. Grounded in developmental science, play-based practice, and inclusive approaches, the framework helps us bring together information from multiple perspectives to develop a more comprehensive understanding of each child.
A foundational pillar of MindClusivity™ is Curiosity Developmental Mapping™ (CDM), a structured observational and planning layer designed to identify and organize the child’s curiosities.
While Individual Support Plans (ISPs) are tailored to each child’s developmental needs and goals, CDM helps personalize the pathway toward those goals by identifying what meaningfully engages the individual child.
CDM is approach-compatible and can inform planning across different early intervention approaches and early childhood education contexts; helping make personalization something we can observe, document, and intentionally use in practice.
By bringing together information across multiple lenses, CDM develops a holistic picture of the child’s curiosities—going beyond interests and preferences to consider relationships, participation, patterns of engagement, ways of exploring, and how the child connects with the world around them.
This broader understanding helps identify meaningful starting points for learning, inclusion, connection, and participation. By building on what is already meaningful and engaging to the child, while identifying and reducing barriers to participation, we can create more relevant and responsive pathways for communication, relationships, learning, and developmental growth within everyday experiences.
Our Work Shared
Organic Play™ is growing through real conversations, community partnerships, and meaningful storytelling that reflects how children learn in everyday environments.
Our work will be presented at the Autism Research & Innovation Congress in Paris, France, introducing Curiosity Developmental Mapping (CDM), a framework that that uses multiple lenses to identify individualized pathways for participation, learning, and inclusion.
Our work was featured in Toronto Metropolitan Today, sharing our approach to play, connection, and development
How Do You Feel? carries the Organic Play™ philosophy into storytelling, where emotions are experienced, expressed, and understood through play..
Organic Play™ has been supported and featured by the Social Venture Zone, recognizing our work in building new pathways for Inclusive early childhood Education
Open the door to your child’s growth through play, connection, and curiosity
Every child deserves interactions, learning opportunities, and an environment that truly understands them. At Organic Play™, we provide responsive, inclusive, and developmentally informed early childhood learning opportunities for children with diverse personalities, temperaments, and skills. Whether your child is loud, quiet, energetic, sensitive, diagnosed or not, we’re here to help them thrive.
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