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“The support and maintenance of reflective individuals, processes, and institutions that contribute to a shared sense of reality and humanity depend on a series of critical developmental processes. New policies must not only reduce distress in children and families, but facilitate needed coping skills, especially for empathy and reflective thinking. The support of these developmental processes require significant investments in present and future human capital, and educational, political, and economic initiatives”
- The First Idea. Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D. & Stuart G. Shanker, D. Phil, 2004
What's New Why an Online Conference?

The Infancy and Early Childhood Training Course
Taught by Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D.
Comes to You - ONLINE!


For the first time,

THE BASIC COURSE ON THE DIR®/FLOORTIME™ MODEL

Will be available online to registered participants until Saturday, May 24, 2008. New registrations accepted until May 17.

Registration fee $175

Post-Conference Workshop on
REGULATORY SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDERS
Taught by Rosemary White OTR/L and Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D.

This workshop is offered to anyone who registers for the Basic Course for an additional fee of $75. It will be available online to registered participants for the two week period following the Basic Course, from May 10 to May 24, 2008.

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More Information on the Post-Conference Workshop

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Why an Online Conference?

  • The Internet is the conference 'venue'; you can attend from the comfort of your own home.


  • You can fit the course into your schedule; access is available 24 hours a day for two full weeks.

  • It gives you the opportunity to interact with parents and professionals from around the world through the conference interactive bulletin board

  • Dr. Greenspan will be able to answer questions from all the attendees and everyone will see his responses.

  • Participants will have the opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of the course material and receive a certificate documenting their mastery of the Basic Course.
Online Basic Course on the DIR/Floortime Model Extended Until Saturday, May 24

Post-Conference Workshop on Regulatory Sensory Processing Disorders begins May 10.

Because of the large number of registrants who want to participate, we are extending the Basic Course until Saturday, May 24. We will continue to accept NEW registrations until Saturday, May 17.


The Post-Conference Workshop on Regulatory Sensory Processing Disorders will begin on Saturday, May 10 and will continue until Saturday, May 24. If you have registered for both the conference and the workshop, your can use the same log in and password for both.
Brief Bio Areas of Research Interest
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."
DIR®/Floortime™ Model and its application to
  • Human Development


  • Emotional and Developmental Challenges in Infancy and Early Childhood


  • Infant Mental Health & Policy


  • Psychology of Global Interdependency & International Collaboration