Ruth Ross has been providing Social and Behavior support to children and families since 1998. Owner of Making Friends Social Center and author of The Wanna Play Program, Ruth holds a Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Elementary Education from Beaver College, a Master of Science in Special Education and Specialty Reading from St. Joseph’s University and a Certificate of Applied Behavior Analysis from Arcadia University. Ruth has dedicated her life to the education of children with special needs and the autism community. Ruth has work with children from ages two to seventeen and is trained in a variety of one-on-one early intervention and therapeutic programs such as ABA, Floortime, Son-Rise, and Interactive Metronome. Her 15 years of education experiences, combined with her early intervention training, gave Ruth a foundation of knowledge in autism, language development, and socialization skills to create The Wanna Play Program. Over the years she has developed countless social skills lessons, created positive behavior intervention plans and provided social skills evaluations for her clients. She has provided numerous trainings to parents and professional and is a founding member and lead trainer of the Valley Forge Education Services’ community outreach program Caring Kinships: ASD—Matching Families with Sitters. Ruth has been facilitating social skill groups and individual sessions for children in New Jersey since 2008.
Listed skills include Classroom Management, Lesson Planning, Curriculum Design, Parent Education, and 16 others.