DIR101: The Nuts and Bolts of it - Social Work

DIR101: The Nuts and Bolts of it
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Overview

This workshop will be an overview of the DIR/Floortime® model of the late Dr. Stanley Greenspan and certificates will be provided through ICDL (Interdisciplinary Council for Developmental and Learning Disorders) allowing you access to the ICDL directory and further training. The 6 developmental milestones will be covered in depth with video showcasing the different techniques to support the understanding as well as techniques used. Frequent opportunities for group discussion will be provided. Information on the importance of relationships will also be covered with support on how to mobilize students and children in achieving higher milestones. DIR/Floortime® is adaptive to any age of development, from early intervention through adolescence. Floortime® techniques will be show cased through case studies and video footage with open workshop discussion and participants will find these discussions to be at the intermediate clinical level. The workshop participant will leave the workshop feeling equipped to support their clients with new and fresh ideas on behavior, sensori-motor and emotional intervention.


Course Outline


Day 1:

8.30am - Registration

9.00am - DIR and Floortime introduction

10.30am - Morning Break

11.00am - Autism: diagnosis and individual profiles

12.30pm - Lunch

1.30pm - Scientific evidence supporting DIRFloortime

2.30pm - The “D” in DIR

3.30pm - Afternoon Break

3.45pm - The “D” continued

5.00pm - Adjourn


Day 2:

9.00am - The “I” in DIR

10.30am - Morning Break

11.00am - The power of affect

12.30pm - Lunch

1.30pm - The “R”

2.30pm - Play

3.30pm - Afternoon Break

3.45pm - Floortime Strategies

5.00pm - Adjourn


Course Objectives

Students successfully completing this course will demonstrate the ability to:

  1. Identify at least three common features of autism and other challenges of relating and communicating.
  2. Identify at least four key features of relationship-based approaches.
  3. Describe all 6 Functional Emotional Developmental Capacities (FEDCs) in the DIR® model and potential challenges that children face at each capacity.
  4. Describe at least three characteristics of how individual differences (the "I" in DIR®), including health, sensory processing, and regulatory challenges, can impact a child's development.
  5. Identify at least three key principles and basic strategies of Floortime.
  6. Describe at least three characteristics of relationship and family in the DIR® model.
  7. Describe the essential role of affect as it is related to the D, the I, and the R.


Who Can Benefit?

Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, Physical Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Educators, Parents


**PCG 2024/2025 Approved

**THIS COURSE IS ELIGIBLE FOR CPE POINTS FOR ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; SUBJECT TO APPROVAL.



Providers Terms

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Participants to the course are not allowed to split registration for different persons.
  4. 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.
  5. Food served will be “no pork and no lard”.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. All information provided in this form is accurate up


**UTAP funding approved: Course Code C11901411

  • UTAP funding is only applicable to NTUC union members who will enjoy 50% unfunded course fee support, capped at $250 or $500 (aged 40 years old and above; this will apply from 9 January 2024 to 31 March 2025) each year when they sign up for courses supported under UTAP. This excludes SkillsFuture Credit utilisation and other government subsidies.
  • Union Members Eligibility for UTAP Application (https://www.ntuc.org.sg/skillsupgrade)
  • Union member must commence the course within UTAP approved period.
  • Union member must achieve minimum attendance (75%) for the course based on existing Government regulations and sit for all prescribed examination(s) if any.
  • Union member must submit claims via UTAP system within 6 months after course completion.
  • Union member must not claim full funding through company sponsorship or other types of funding.
  • Union member must have paid-up union membership before course commencement, throughout the entire course duration and at the point of claim.
  • Should trainees have queries on the UTAP funding scheme, they can email to [email protected] or use the Live Chat function to enquire on membership matters

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Early Bird Rate

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Course Fee

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Key Details

Contact Hours:

14.0 hrs

Start Time:

Mon, 25 November 2024 , 9:00 AM

Finish Time:

Tue, 26 November 2024 , 5:00 PM

Duration:

Full Day

Format:

Live Lecture

Language:

English

Venue:

Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium, an IHG Hotel

Address:
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317 Outram Rd,
Singapore, Singapore,
Singapore, 169075

Overview

This workshop will be an overview of the DIR/Floortime® model of the late Dr. Stanley Greenspan and certificates will be provided through ICDL (Interdisciplinary Council for Developmental and Learning Disorders) allowing you access to the ICDL directory and further training. The 6 developmental milestones will be covered in depth with video showcasing the different techniques to support the understanding as well as techniques used. Frequent opportunities for group discussion will be provided. Information on the importance of relationships will also be covered with support on how to mobilize students and children in achieving higher milestones. DIR/Floortime® is adaptive to any age of development, from early intervention through adolescence. Floortime® techniques will be show cased through case studies and video footage with open workshop discussion and participants will find these discussions to be at the intermediate clinical level. The workshop participant will leave the workshop feeling equipped to support their clients with new and fresh ideas on behavior, sensori-motor and emotional intervention.


Course Outline


Day 1:

8.30am - Registration

9.00am - DIR and Floortime introduction

10.30am - Morning Break

11.00am - Autism: diagnosis and individual profiles

12.30pm - Lunch

1.30pm - Scientific evidence supporting DIRFloortime

2.30pm - The “D” in DIR

3.30pm - Afternoon Break

3.45pm - The “D” continued

5.00pm - Adjourn


Day 2:

9.00am - The “I” in DIR

10.30am - Morning Break

11.00am - The power of affect

12.30pm - Lunch

1.30pm - The “R”

2.30pm - Play

3.30pm - Afternoon Break

3.45pm - Floortime Strategies

5.00pm - Adjourn


Course Objectives

Students successfully completing this course will demonstrate the ability to:

  1. Identify at least three common features of autism and other challenges of relating and communicating.
  2. Identify at least four key features of relationship-based approaches.
  3. Describe all 6 Functional Emotional Developmental Capacities (FEDCs) in the DIR® model and potential challenges that children face at each capacity.
  4. Describe at least three characteristics of how individual differences (the "I" in DIR®), including health, sensory processing, and regulatory challenges, can impact a child's development.
  5. Identify at least three key principles and basic strategies of Floortime.
  6. Describe at least three characteristics of relationship and family in the DIR® model.
  7. Describe the essential role of affect as it is related to the D, the I, and the R.


Who Can Benefit?

Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, Physical Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Educators, Parents


**PCG 2024/2025 Approved

**THIS COURSE IS ELIGIBLE FOR CPE POINTS FOR ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; SUBJECT TO APPROVAL.


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