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Basic Course on the DIR/Floortime Model
For Infancy & Early Childhood

Available online FOR PROFESSIONALS & PARENTS

Now through May 13, 2009. Only $175

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Registration for the Basic Course will remain open until April 15. If you have already registered for the Basic Course and would like to add a Workshop to your registration, log-in to the conference site (at the top left of this page) and then click on Workshop Registration.

Taught by Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D.

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, The George Washington University Medical School, and Supervising Child Psychoanalyst, Washington Psychoanalytic Institute

Assessment, Diagnosis and Intervention for Developmental and Emotional Disorders

Including Autistic Spectrum Disorders • Multisystem Developmental Disorders • Regulatory Disorders involving Attention, Learning, and Behavior Problems • Cognitive, Language, Motor and Sensory Disturbances • and a Range of Infant and Early Childhood Developmental and Mental Health Problems such as Trauma, Abuse and Neglect

Basic DIR/Floortime course - online

Post-Conference Workshops

Meltdowns

Helping infants, children and adolescents overcome behavior problems, aggression and tantrums An 8 hour workshop for parents and professionals taught by Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D.

  • 10-hour online workshop, taught by Stanley Greenspan, M.D.
  • $125 (only $75 if combined with Basic DIR/Floortime Course)
Regulatory Sensory Processing Disorders

Including Autism Spectrum Disorder, Regulatory Disorder, ADHD, Behavior Problems and Learning Challenges A 10 hour workshop for parents and professionals taught by Rosemary White, OTR/L and Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D.

  • 10-hour online workshop, taught by Rosemary White, OTR/L and Stanley Greenspan, M.D.
  • $125 (only $75 if combined with Basic DIR/Floortime course)
  • More information about the workshops

The Course is a series of video lectures by Dr. Greenspan, divided into 15 segments, each approximately one-hour long.

Participants will be able to interact with other parents and professionals from around the world through an interactive online forum. Another forum will allow participants to send questions to Dr. Greenspan and listen to his responses.

There will be opportunities for self-evaluation and for demonstrating mastery of the basic concepts presented during the course. Those that take and pass the test will receive documentation of their mastery of the Basic Course. All registered participants will receive a certificate of attendance.

For Speech and Language Pathologists (CCC-SLP and CCC-A)

The Basic on the DIR/Floortime Model may be used to meet the ASHA certification maintenance requirement. Read more

The Course Includes
  • Dynamic developmental approaches to observation, assessment, and intervention planning including the Functional Emotional Assessment Scale (FEAS) and methods to meet both clinical and administrative requirements.
  • A comprehensive developmental approach to intervention based on functional developmental level, individual differences, and interactive relationships (DIR® Model, FloortimeTM).
  • Interventions for different subtypes of (1) severe communication and relationship problems, including Autistic Spectrum Disorders and Multisystem Developmental Disorders, (2) regula tory, learning and behavior disorders, and (3) environmental and family disturbances.
In addition, the Course will include segments on:
  • Promoting the qualities that make children Great Kids such as empathy, curiosity and logical thinking. Based on the book: Great Kids. Helping Your Baby and Child Develop the 10 Essential Qualities for a Healthy, Happy Life. (2007) By Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D., Da Capo Press.
  • Autism Spectrum Disorders: prevention, early identifi cation and early intervention
  • Developmental insights on diffi culties with attention, obsessive-compulsive behavior and anxiety in children with ASD
  • Tailoring education to each child’s unique interests, strengths and challenges; enabling all children to become active learners

About Stanley Greenspan

Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D., is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at George Washington University Medical School and Chairman of the Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders. The world's foremost authority on clinical work with infants and young children with developmental and emotional problems, his work has guided parents, professionals and researchers all over the world. He is the founding president of Zero to Three: The National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families, and past director of the NIMH Mental Health Study Center and the Clinical Infant Development Program. Dr. Greenspan is author of over 100 scholarly articles and chapters and author or editor of over forty books, translated into over a dozen languages. His research has been featured in all the major media, including Newsweek, Time Magazine, The Washington Post, New York Times, ABC, NBC, and CBS news broadcasts, and the subject of a PBS NOVA documentary, "Life's First Feelings."

Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D.
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