Overview
(Developmental, Individual Differences, Relationship Model)
This workshop will be an overview of the DIR/Floortime® model of the late Dr. Stanley Greenspan. The participant will gain understanding of the theory behind the model, the different research studies behind the model, as well as a thorough understanding of the different developmental levels. The influence of individual differences for each profile will be discussed as well as principles of working with families in this model. DIR/Floortime® is adaptive to any age of development, from early intervention through adolescence. Floortime® techniques will be show cased through case studies with open workshop discussion and participants will find these discussions to be at the intermediate clinical level. This workshop is approved through the ICDL (Interdisciplinary Council for Developmental and Learning Disorders) and will set the course for becoming certificated in this model through ICDL.
A certificate of attendance will be awarded by ICDL.
Course Outline
Day 1:
09.00 to 10.00am - History and Theories of Emotional Processing
10.00 to 10.30am - The DIR Model, Research and Recent Breakthroughs
10.45 to 12.00pm - Level 1: Regulation
13.00 to 13.45pm - Level 2: Intimacy and Engagement
13.45 to 14.45pm - Level 3: Two Way Communication
15.00 to 16.00pm - Level 4: Pretend Play
16.00 to 17.00pm - Level 5: Symbolic Thinking
Day 2:
9.00 to 10.00am - Level 6: Logical Thinking
10.00 to 10.30am - Individual Differences that could constrict each level
10.45 to 11.30pm - Individual Differences that could constrict each level
11.30 to 12.00pm - Practical ideas for different profiles
13.00 to 15.00pm - Floortime Strategies that really work!
15.15 to 17.00pm - Case Study
Course Objectives
Participants will be able to :
- Identify 6 core developmental levels that integrates both physical and social-emotional development in children
- Describe the impact each child’s individual difference profile has on development and intrinsic motivation to participate and learn
- List 10 different Floortime techniques, observed through video examples with discussion, that could be used in practice after the course
- Identify a 7-step sensori-motor developmental hierarchy as it relates to constricting the 6 emotional developmental levels of the DIR/Floortime Model
- Identify core relational styles that would impact on parent-child relationship as well as therapist – parent-child therapeutic alliance
Who Can Benefit?
Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Therapists, Psychologists, Nurses, Teachers, Classroom Assistants, Aides, Parents
Providers Terms
- Please note that registration will be on a first-come-first-served basis and course fees must be paid prior to closing date to reserve a place.
- Payment of fees is not a guarantee for the event to be staged as planned. Should the event be cancelled for any reason, a full refund will be made to all registered participants and no other claims are allowed. The organizer disclaims responsibility should any change in the event occur for any reason.
- Participants to the course are not allowed to split registration for different persons.
- For 1 full day seminar, only one set of meal entitlement per day shall be given to the registered participants. For half day seminar, only coffee and tea will be provided.
- Food served will be “no pork and no lard”.
- No refund of fees for participant cancellations including medical leave but substitutions are allowed with written request to organizer at least two working days before the course commences.
- Registration will be taken as confirmed upon receipt of payment or issuance of invoice. Any cancellation will not be allowed. However, substitutions are allowed with written request to organizer at least two working days before the course commences. Please note that registration will be on a first-come-first-served basis. Payment must be received by due date, before attendance of training.
- All information provided in this form is accurate up to the closing date of normal registration.
Tickets:
Normal RateClosed| Contact Hours: | 16.0 hrs |
| When: | Thu, 30 November 2023 |
| Start Time: | 9:00 AM |
| Duration: | 2 Days |
| Format: | Workshop |
| Language: | English |
| Venue: | Furama City Centre |
Address: | 60 Eu Tong Sen St, |
| Provider: | Bridging Talents |
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Speaker(s):
 | Maude Le Roux |
Maude is an Occupational Therapist with several years of field and supervisory experience in a variety of therapy fields. She started her career in the field of psychiatric conditions and transitioned over the years to develop a multi-modal practice in pediatrics. She started A Total Approach in 2002 and since then have become an international trainer in different areas of work. She has been appointed as one of the international training team leaders in the DIR / Floortime® Certificate process, as well as Tomatis Sound Therapy and Interactive Metronome. Maude has completed several courses in the practice of attachment and trauma informed care. She also serves on the board of ATTACH for the next 3 years. She designs her own live courses with regards to emotional processing and executive functioning. Maude works with a team of occupational therapists, speech language pathologists and Floortime therapists in her practice. She is well known for her experience and work with children who carry a diagnosis on the Autism Spectrum, Attachment, Sensory Processing Disorder, and Dyslexia/ Learning Disabilities. Maude is a mentor to many therapists, including OT and DIR professionals internationally. She has presented at conferences in a variety of settings across the US and also internationally. She has co-authored the book, The Listening Journey, with Francoise Nicoloff, and her second book, Our Greatest Allies, is now available on Amazon.com. Her basic philosophy is that all children can learn, and that therapists are instrumental in finding out the “key” to each child. She enjoys empowering parents and therapists to do just that!
