M.A.P.S was founded by three determined women aiming to make a difference in the lives of children at all developmental levels. After receiving vendorization by ALTA California Regional Center in July of 2007, the program's first Integrated Play Therapy Group began in November of 2007. Today, the program is one of only a handful of such therapy providers across the nation, and it is the only play therapy program that integrates the principle pedagogy of Dr. Maria Montessori, PhD. M.A.P.S serves over 50 children and hosts 12 individual Play Therapy Groups at Sundance Montessori School in Folsom.

Known as M.A.P.S, our specialized therapy program emphasizes the gifts and challenges we all have; combining children with developmental delays with their typically developing peers, in fun, social settings designed for them to engage in interactive play. The group therapy focuses on the social and communication skills that are critical to a child's social development, and aids them in forming friendships and becoming active members of a community. We are vendorized by ALTA California Regional Center, and foster a policy of inclusion, acceptance, and compassion.

Our Integrated Play Group Therapy is based on the award-winning research of Dr. Pamela Wolfberg, PhD combined with Dr. Maria Montessori's education method that emphasizes social interaction and the education of the whole personality rather than the teaching of a specific body of knowledge.