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This course focuses on the DIR®/Floortime Approach to the
treatment of children with diagnosis of autism, regulatory
disorders or other challenges in relating and communicating. DIR® - Developmental, Individual-Difference, Relationship Based
Treatment -Floortime, was developed by Stanley Greenspan, MD and Serena Wieder, Ph.D. DIR® provides an understanding of the child’s functional emotional levels including regulation and attention; mutual engagement; purposeful interaction with
gestures; more complex gestures and problem solving;
elaborating ideas (pretend play, creating symbols); and building bridges between ideas (emotional thinking).
All sessions emphasize coaching parents, therapists, teachers and aides in bringing the DIR® model into their work.
This course addresses the pediatric population: infant,
pre-school, elementary school and some young adolescents.
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