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Parent Perspectives: Relationships, Play, and Growth
Episode 237On this edition of Parent Perspectives from Affect Autism, we have another parent panel! Parent Perspectives is an addition to the usual podcast episodes.You can also subscribe on your preferred podcast app by searching, "We chose play from Affect...
Parent Perspectives: Navigating our Health and Education Systems
Episode 236On this edition of Parent Perspectives from Affect Autism, we have our first parent panel! Parent Perspectives is an addition to the usual DIR®-related podcast episodes with other guests. I hope you enjoy them!You can also subscribe on your preferred...
Harnessing the Power of Narratives to Impact Development
This Episode's Topic This episode, we’re discussing personal narratives and harnessing their power to impact the Functional Emotional Developmental Capacities (FEDCs) including expanding emotional language, the concept of hindsight (e.g., should I have reacted that...
(Non)Compliance Does Not Equal (Dys)Regulation
On Episode 234...Compliance is often mistaken for readiness to learn, but compliance does not equal regulation, and regulation is necessary for learning. On the flip side, dysregulation is often seen as noncompliance. In this episode, we discuss the connection between...
A New Community-Created Resource: SLP MAPs
On this Episode...This episode's guest is Amanda Binns, a clinician scientist who has her PhD and is also a Speech and Language Pathologist. She's currently the co-lead at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital of a student-led environment designed to support...
Parent Perspectives: How Do We Handle Fears and Anxiety?
Introducing Parent Perspectives!This marks the first edition of Parent Perspectives from Affect Autism! I thought it would be helpful for parents and practitioners to hear some of the things we discuss at ICDL's parent support meeting, which happens Mondays at 1pm...
Adapted Spiral Praxis and Movement for the Bodymind Process
On this Episode...This episode I am thrilled to interview Yuji Oka of the Spiral Movement Center in Toronto where my son went for their MOVEMENT program weekly for many years up until the Pandemic. Yuji is the founder and a practitioner of Adapted Spiral Praxis which...
All About Praxis: Part 2 of 2
PHOTO CREDIT: Mika Baumeister on UnsplashOn this Episode...Occupational Therapist, Joann Fleckenstein, and Licensed Professional Counselor, Mike Fields, both of Individual and Team Therapy Services in Atlanta and Expert Developmental, Individual differences,...
All About Praxis: Part 1 of 2
PHOTO CREDIT: Mika Baumeister on UnsplashOn this Episode...Occupational Therapist, Joann Fleckenstein, and Licensed Professional Counselor, Mike Fields, both of Individual and Team Therapy Services in Atlanta and Expert Developmental, Individual differences,...
A Floortime Approach to Fears and Phobias
On this Episode...Dr. Karen Levine is a Developmental Psychologist and a Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) model Expert based in Maine. She has a private practice specializing in treating young children, both neurodivergent and...
Floortime Coaching for Different Parenting Styles
PHOTO CREDIT: Annie SprattOn this Episode...This episode I welcome Gabriela Michaca who is a licensed school neuropsychologist and also just received her master's degree in Occupational Therapy and is a Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®)...
The Somatosensory System and Tactile Perception
PHOTO CREDIT: Annie SprattOn this Episode...Occupational Therapist Maude Le Roux is back again this episode to discuss the sense of touch, or tactile perception, part of the I, individual differences in the Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based...
Physical Therapy is Enhanced Using a Floortime Lens
On this Episode...Mary Beth Crawford is a licensed Physical therapist and Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) Expert Training Leader who founded Baby Steps Therapy in 2008. Mary Beth regularly provides lectures and in-service training to...
Our Differences are Our Strengths
PHOTO CREDIT: Mickey RoweOn this Episode...This episode I'm speaking with autistic self-advocate, Mickey Rowe, who has had a prolific and varied career as an actor, director, consultant, and public speaker. He is autistic and legally blind. He believes that our...
Autism and Medication: Part 2
PHOTO CREDIT: Rhendi RukmanaThis Episode's TopicWe're back this episode with Dr. Joshua Feder, a child and family psychiatrist in Solana Beach, California. We did an episode on autism and medication a few years back and this is part 2 because there is a new Child...
Emotional Playgrounds Foster Emotional Well-Being
This Week's TopicThis episode, I am over the moon excited to have Developmental Psychologist Gordon Neufeld as my guest to discuss emotional well-being (versus "mental health") and rethinking "play" in terms of emotional playgrounds--the heart of a culture of...
Curiosity as a Driver of Connection and Interaction in Adolescence
This Episode's TopicIn our last podcast episode back in 2019, Dave Nelson and I discussed puberty and how we can best support our kids in a respectful way using a developmental approach. In this episode, we want to continue on that topic by touching on the...
Empowering Ability
This Episode's TopicThis episode, I welcome Eric Goll, the creator of Empowering Ability. I regularly watch Eric's weekly 5-minute video tips, attended his free life plan workshop and took his online course, realizing it was what I needed for where I was at with my...
The Dynamic Process of Transitions
PHOTO CREDIT: Markus Spiske on UnsplashOn Episode's 219...This episode, I'm pleased to welcome new DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader, Helen Groth, as my guest to discuss the dynamic process of transitions in autism. Helen gave a fabulous presentation on transitions...
Giant Steps School in Montréal, Québec
On this Episode...On this episode I'm speaking with Marla Cable, the Resource and Training Centre Coordinator at Giant Steps School. Giant Steps is a bilingual, developmental approach, individualized private school in the public interest in Montréal, Québec with 93...
Part 2: Adult Diagnosis and What it Means
This Episode's TopicThis episode, in Part 2, Kieran Rose and I discuss late diagnosis and what it means. In Part 1 last episode, we discussed a number of topics around neurodiversity including who to listen to as parents when our child is diagnosed with so many...
Part 1: To Whom Should Parents Listen?
Episode 216In this episode, part 1, Kieran Rose and I will discuss a number of topics around neurodiversity including who to listen to as parents when our child is diagnosed with so many opinions out there, and the balance between what we want as parents for our...
The Process of Parenting our Neurodivergent Children
This Episode's TopicThis episode we're discussing the parenting process, the intersection of the parenting experience and Nicole Mank's professional world, and how one shaped the other. Nicole discovered the book Engaging Autism when her son was seven which shaped how...
Part 2: Bridging the Gap in Understanding
This Week's TopicThis episode is Part 2 with autistic self-advocate Khylil Robinson and his mother, Michele Abraham-Montgomery, also known as Chele, who specializes in Family Services, Autism Resources & Advocacy, Peer Family Coaching, Peer Best Practices,...
Part 1: Taking that Step on the Red Carpet
PHOTO CREDIT: shutterstock.comOn Episode 213...Joining us this episode are guests Khylil Robinson who is an Autistic self-advocate, and his mother, Michele Abraham-Montgomery, also known as Chele, who specializes in Family Services, Autism Resources & Advocacy,...
The Complexity of Vision and Visual Processing
This Episode's TopicOccupational Therapist Maude Le Roux returns to dive into the visual system—covering vision and visual processing—as a follow-up to our earlier podcast episode on the vestibular system. In the DIR® model (Developmental, Individual differences,...
Kinder Growth DIRFloortime® Medicaid Services
On this Episode...Sari Levin is a Special Educator who has worked with families for a long time and is the Clinical Supervisor of Kinder Growth where they provide home-based DIRFloortime® services throughout New Jersey and are the first accredited DIR® organization in...
Unpacking Aggression
On Episode 210...Returning guest, DIR® Expert Training Leader and Licensed Professional Counsellor, Mike Fields, joins us to discuss aggression. We'll cover praxis, regulation and co-regulation, neuroception (i.e., the body scanning the environment for safety),...
The Conversation
This Week's GuestReturning guests, Jackie Bartell, retired special educator, and Colette Ryan, Infant Mental Health Specialist discuss a video conversation presented at a past ICDL Conference where a mother and son have a discussion about the son's differences pre-...
The Impact of Vestibular Processing on Development
Episode 208A returning, frequent guest, Occupational Therapist Maude Le Roux joins us this episode to discuss the impact of vestibular processing on the functional emotional developmental capacities (FEDCs) in the Developmental, Individual differences,...
Good Intentions Creating Unseen Stigma
PHOTO CREDIT: Kieran RoseOn Episode 207...Kieran Rose, an autistic self-advocate, published author, speaker, consultant, trainer, researcher, and neurodivergent educator joins us this episode to discuss a number of topics around neurodiversity. He offers a regular...
Parents can Connect with their Children Through Musical Interactions
This Week's GuestCoaching parents how to do Floortime through musical interactions is today’s topic with returning guest, Music Therapist, Dr. John Carpente who is a DIR Expert and Training Leader, a Professor of Music Therapy at Molloy University, and founder and...
My Autism, My Story
This Episode's GuestAutistic Self-Advocate, Turrell Burgess, joins the podcast this episode to discuss his experience, his book, What's with the New Kid: My Autism My Story, what led him to the International Council on Development and Learning (ICDL)--the home of...
Your Growth is your Child’s Growth: Strength in Relationships
This Week's GuestJulia Swaigen is a registered social worker in Toronto, Ontario, Canada who founded and directs Attuned Families, a clinic to help families harness the power of relationships so that parents find peace and children thrive. They offer Family Therapy,...
The World’s First International Concert to Celebrate Neurodiversity
This Week's GuestAutistic Self-Advocate, Emile Gouws, returns this week to announce the world's first international concert to celebrate neurodiversity, Diversity is Phenomenal!, being held on May 14, 2022 online, and is sponsored by the International Council on...
Gauging our Developmental Capacities: Part 2
This Week's GuestDevelopmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR) Expert Training Leader, Colette Ryan, is an infant mental health specialist, a doctoral student in Fielding University’s Infant and Early Childhood Development program, and a parent coach...
Gauging our Developmental Capacities: Part 1
This Week's GuestDevelopmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR) Expert Training Leader, Colette Ryan, is an infant mental health specialist, a doctoral student in Fielding University’s Infant and Early Childhood Development program, and a parent coach...
DIRFloortime® and Physical Therapy
This Episode's GuestMary Beth Crawford is a licensed Physical therapist and DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader who founded Baby Steps Therapy in 2008. Mary Beth regularly provides lectures and in-service training to numerous parent groups, and medical professionals...
Creating Opportunities for Co-Regulatory Support
Episode 199Sometimes the biggest challenge parents have with their autistic children is meeting the child emotionally and connecting. Here, we need to find the affect they’re having in that moment in order to support them to feel heard and understood. Developmental,...
Access and Choice in NY State for Autism Supports and Services
My guests today are Toni Tortora, an Occupational Therapist and the Clinical Director at the Rebecca School in Manhattan, Lori Ciesielski who is an Occupational Therapist for Liberty POST (Physical, Occupational, Speech Therapy) services in Buffalo, NY, and Galina...
A Developmental Approach to Toileting: Part 2
Alysha Paiaro, Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR) Occupational Therapist and the Assistant Director of Little Buddies Pediatric Therapy, Inc. DIR Occupational Therapy practice just outside Vancouver, British Columbia returns for Part 2 of...
A Developmental Approach to Toileting: Part 1
What parent doesn't ask about toileting issues when their child is on the spectrum? I don't think I've met a parent of an autistic child who hasn't struggled with toileting. But is it the child's issue or is it the parent's issue? Developmental, Individual...
Gross Motor versus Fine Motor Functions
Episode 195Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) Expert Training Leader and Occupational Therapist Keith Landherr is the founder and director of Little Buddies Pediatric Therapy, Inc. just outside of Vancouver, British Columbia. He is also a...
The Impact of Cognitive Load on Relating, Communicating, and Thinking
Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR) Expert Training Leader, Colette Ryan, is an infant mental health specialist, a doctoral student in Fielding University’s Infant...
The Rubber Band Metaphor in Floortime
FREE Insights this week!FREE Key Takeaways this week as a New Year bonus! Enter your email above for access!Happy New Year! To start off 2022, retired special educator, DIR Expert Training...
Sensorimotor Profiles in Floortime
Gretchen Kamke is an Occupational Therapist and DIR Expert Training Leader with the International Council on Development and Learning (ICDL) and is a Floortime coach in the DIR Home Program....
Identity Exploration and Finding Your Voice
PHOTO CREDIT: Ameen Fahmy on UnsplashThis week's guest is Maribel Serrano Holder. She is a Floortime Speech and Language Pathologist in San Francisco who founded Logopedia Speech and Language...
The New Co-Reg Community
A few years back, I spoke with Dr. Stuart Shanker about DIR/Floortime and Self-Reg. Self-reg is a process for enhancing self-regulation by understanding and dealing with stress. Self-regulation...
Going Slower to Move Faster
Episode 190Occupational Therapist and DIR® Expert Training Leader, Maude Le Roux, of A Total Approach in Glen Mills, PA returns this week to discuss moving slower to move faster. Maude says there's the Floortime techniques about slowing down and stretching out...
Critical Core: A Tabletop Role-Playing Game
Photo credit: Game to GrowCritical Core is a tabletop role-playing game scaffolded around the DIR/Floortime model. Critical Core's Director Virginia Spielmann, Occupational Therapist,...
KultureCity: Sensory Accessibility and Inclusion
PHOTO CREDIT: Kulture CityDOWNLOAD KEY TAKE-AWAYSI'm thrilled this week to welcome Dr. Michele Kong, the co-creator of the largest nonprofit on sensory accessibility and acceptance, KultureCity, and board member, Daniel Platzman, who is the drummer of the band,...
DIR® Child & Family Counselling
This is Part 3 of our three podcasts featuring the Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) Floortime multi-disciplinary clinic, Professional Child Development Associates in Pasadena, California. Dr. Brandt Chamberlain is a licensed...
Feeding and Floortime
Julie Miller is a Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) Occupational Therapist and the Clinical Director of Professional Child Development Associates (PCDA) in...
Creative Arts Through Music and Drama
Photo credit PCDAJuliana Ross is a Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR) Music Therapist and the Head of the Creative Arts Department at PCDA, Professional Child...
Constrictions in Developmental Capacities
PHOTO CREDIT: Annie SprattReturning guests, Clinical Psychologist Kathy Platzman of Floortime Atlanta and Infant Mental Health Specialist Colette Ryan, both DIR/Floortime Expert trainers, join...
Redefining the Autism Narrative: Part 2
This post is part 2 of redefining the autism narrative with two autistic self-advocates, Occupational Therapist Virginia Spielmann, the Executive Director of the STAR Institute in Colorado who...
Redefining the Autism Narrative: Part 1
This week we are redefining the autism narrative with returning guest, Occupational Therapist Virginia Spielmann, the Executive Director of the STAR Institute in Colorado who is also an Expert...
Virtual Floortime Coaching for Parents
This week we're talking about virtual Floortime coaching for caregivers, using the International Council on Development and Learning's 12-week virtual home program as an example. We will...
A Parent’s Experience of DIRFloortime®
Following up from last week, we’re talking Floortime Summer Camps with Occupational Therapist, Rosemary White, of The Offices of Rosemary White OTR/L & Associates, just outside of Seattle,...
DIRFloortime® Summer Camps
Episode 178This and next t we're talking Floortime Summer Camp with Occupational Therapist, Rosemary White, of The Offices of Rosemary White OTR/L & Associates, just outside of Seattle, who is a DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader and on the Senior Faculty at...
Am I Neurodivergent Like My Child?
Developmental and clinical psychologist, Kathy Platzman from Floortime Atlanta, an expert on the Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR) model and the Director of...
Creating Opportunities in DIRFloortime®
PHOTO CREDIT: Miles TanEpisode 176Returning guest, Licensed Professional Counsellor and DIR® Expert Training Leader, Mike Fields from Floortime Atlanta and Inneractions Therapy Services, joins us this episode to discuss how we want to be creating opportunities for...
Communication-Action-Affect in Floortime
This week we revisit Dr. Stanley Greenspan's Words*-Action-Affect (W-A-A) concept with Marilee Burgeson, who recently wrote an ICDL Newsflash on the topic. In Building Healthy Minds, Greenspan...
Examining the Experience of Autistic Students in Higher Education
Photo is the property of Emile Gouws. EDU 360 is the school where Emile teaches.Senior Advisor to the International Council on Development and Learning (ICDL) where he also sits on the Board of...
Floortime Lifestyle
I'm so excited this week to have a superstar mother and daughter Occupational Therapy team, Mili Cordero and Joann Fleckenstein of Individual and Team Therapy Services in Atlanta, which is the...
Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) Devices
PHOTO CREDIT: PrentromEpisode 172This episode, Speech-Language Pathologist and DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader Dr. Joleen Fernald answers Affect Autism member questions. If you missed Part 1 last episode, please go back and listen to her discuss her specialty,...
The Power of Purposeful Communication
Episode 171Speech-Language Pathologist and DIR® Expert Trainer, Dr. Joleen Fernald discusses her specialties: Selective Mutism and Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) devices, and her DIRFloortime® school, Reconnections Education Center.You can also...
Enriching Sensory and Motor Experiences at Home
On Episode 170...How has the pandemic impacted our children? What is better? What is worse? Occupational Therapist Robbie Levy wondered how to enrich the lives of the families she works with. At the NYC 2021 DIR Conference in March, she presented, “Enriching Sensory...
Sensory Ingredients and Dynamic Responsivity
On Episode 169...How has the pandemic impacted our children? What is better? What is worse? Occupational Therapist Robbie Levy wondered how to enrich the lives of the families she works with. At the NYC 2021 DIR Conference in March, she presented, "Enriching Sensory...
Floortime is Also Adolescent- and Adult-Led
PHOTO CREDIT: JESHOOTS.COM on UnsplashIn March, we talked about Floortime being child-led. This episode is about how we can engage and communicate with an adolescent or adult using...
ADHD: A VAST Topic
unsplash-logoPhoto: Tyler LastovichSee below for this week's BONUS PODCAST with Mike Fields!This week, two returning guests discuss ADHD with me through a strengths-based lens. By focusing on...
Affect Depends on Interoception
FREE Preview this week into the weekly Insights video for Members where I share my insights from each podcast.It's a great pleasure having Dr. Ira Glovinsky back this week to discuss Dr. Lisa...
Neurodiversity-Affirming Care
PHOTO CREDIT: Jason BlackeyeOn Episode 165... Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Alex Klein, joins us this episode from Oakland, California where he is both in private practice and works at the Kaiser Oakland Medical Center assessing and providing therapy to both...
Fostering Friendships Virtually Using Games
Hear my 'a-ha' moments each week by becoming a Member.This week's podcast is a recording of a presentation from the Rebecca School NYC DIR Conference from last month about forming friendships virtually during the pandemic. It is called, "Thank You for Being a Friend":...
Approaching Pre-Academics with Floortime
Colette Ryan returns this week to discuss how we can work on academics in Floortime. She is a Expert Training Leader in the Developmental, Individual-differences, Relationship-based (DIR)...
Why Floortime is Child-Led
Dr. Stanley Greenspan stressed allowing the child to be the director of play in Floortime. This includes when we want promote the child's flexibility over their frustration when things...
Humour Development in Autism
This week we have a new guest. Developmental Psychologist and clinical Social Worker Dr. Cindy Puccio an ICDL Clinical Consultant and a longtime DIR practitioner and Expert Training Leader....
Combining DIRFloortime® and Sensory Integration
This episode I welcome back Stephanie Peters and a new guest, Courtney St. Germain. Both are occupational therapists who are DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leaders at ICDL's DIR® Institute in New Jersey where Courtney is the Program Director. We are discussing their...
Co-Regulation is the Driver for Sensory Integration
On Episode 159...Keith Landherr is our guest this episode talking about how emotional regulation is the driver for sensory integration. Keith has 25 years experience as an occupational therapist and is the founder and director of Little Buddies Pediatric Therapy,...
Emotion Seeking and Saying “No!”
Episode 158This episode's topic stems from my take-aways from my family's visit to The Floortime Center almost five years ago when Jake Greenspan told us that attention-seeking behaviours are actually emotion-seeking behaviours. This episode's guests to revisit this...
Supporting Parents in the Process of Accepting Reality
Returning this week as our guest is Dr. Joshua Feder, a child and family psychiatrist in Solana Beach, California using the Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) model. One of my biggest revelations from being a Floortime parent that I...
A Self-Advocate’s Inspiring Journey
Emile Gouws joins us this episode as Affect Autism's first interview with a self-advocate! Emile is a special educator, a PhD student, vice chairman of the National Executive Committee of Autism of South Africa, and represents neurodiversity at the Commonwealth...
Good Autism Education is Just Good Education
This episode, Dr. Gil Tippy returns to talk about how good autism education is just good education. His new book chapter will appear in the same upcoming book that we heard Dr. Gerry Costa talk about a few weeks ago. Dr. Tippy is a clinical psychologist, a consultant,...
Building Relationships in the Practice of Palliative Care using DIRFloortime®
This episode, we have a panel to discuss broadening the scope of DIRFloortime® to a larger audience. After attending the 2020 DIRFloortime® conference presentation entitled, Prospects for...
The Heart of DIRFloortime®: The R and Genuine Affect
This episode, I'm speaking with clinical psychologist, Dr. Amanda Kriegel from Floortime Atlanta and Morgan Weissman from the Rebecca School about their presentation at the recent DIRFloortime® conference which was entitled, "The “R” in DIR: The Heart of Supporting...
Facilitating Emotional and Logical Thinking: Part 3
In part three of facilitating emotional thinking and logical thinking, I reflect on a newly recorded Floortime session with my son which was based on the suggestions that clinical psychologist and founder and director of the Greenhouse Therapy Center, Dr. Andrea...
Facilitating Emotional and Logical Thinking: Part 2
In part two of our Floortime review, clinical psychologist and founder and director of the Greenhouse Therapy Center, Dr. Andrea Davis is back to continue breaking down how I am facilitating emotional thinking and logical thinking in my 11-year-old son while...
Facilitating Emotional and Logical Thinking: Part 1
I'm thrilled to have clinical psychologist, Andrea Davis back for the next two weeks to review a Floortime session of me playing with my son as a follow-up from last year's bowling session. Dr. Davis is the founder and director of the Greenhouse Therapy Center in...
Recognizing and Documenting Our Children’s Communication Cues
On Episode 149...Infant mental health specialist, Colette Ryan returns this episode to discuss cues recognition. What does it mean to send and receive cues in interactions with our children? What factors impact cue reading and sending? How can we record these cues to...
How do we best prepare our multidisciplinary professionals in the field of autism?
Psychologist Gerry Costa is the founding director of the Center for Autism and Early Childhood Mental Health at Montclair State University and a professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning. He is the Board President of and Clinical Consultant to the...
My Biggest Revelations from Being a Floortime Parent: Part 2
Episode 147This episode is part two of a two-part review of my recent conference presentation for the International Council on Development and Learning (ICDL). Retired special educator and DIR® Expert Training Leader, Jackie Bartell, joined me to discuss my...
My Biggest Revelations from Being a Floortime Parent: Part 1
Episode 146Continuing on with the theme of parent support, this episode is part one of a two-part review of my recent conference presentation for the International Council on Development and Learning (ICDL). Retired special educator and DIR® Expert Training Leader,...
Support for Fathers of Children on the Spectrum
Clinical psychologist, author, and parent, Dr. Robert Naseef joins us this episode from Philadelphia for our second podcast together. In our last podcast episode on ambiguous loss a year ago we discussed how we can unpack the why's and what ifs that parents feel when...
The Future is Here: Fostering Neurodivergent Students’ Media Literacy
I'm thrilled to welcome Chris Hernandez this episode for the first time after meeting him in March at the NYC DIR® Conference! He is an Ed Tech, coach, instructional designer, and a digital creator. He is also the Media Specialist at the Rebecca School in Manhattan, a...
Art with Heart: An Open Studio Approach to DIRFloortime®
Thank you to the mother and daughter artist team from Italy who created the beautiful painting in today's blog post photo which reads, "All is good. All will be good."This week we have two guests to discuss DIR/Floortime and art. Donnie Welch is a teaching artist who...
Parent Support Groups
On This Episode...Bridget Palmer is a DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader in the Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) model and a speech-language pathologist in Buffalo, NY. She runs a Floortime parent support group called Floortime...
Navigating Our Therapy Teams and Social Circles
Episode 141Developmental and Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Kathy Platzman from Floortime Atlanta, a DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader, returns this week. Dr. Platzman is the Director of Clinical Training for the International Council on Developmental and Learning...
Supporting Parents in DIRFloortime®
This episode, Eunice Lee joins us. She is a DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader and a social worker in Toronto, Canada. She's been learning about DIR® since 2006. Eunice was one of my family's very first DIR® coaches eight years ago after I saw her featured in the...
Research Supporting DIRFloortime®
On Episode 139Dr. Diane Cullinane joins us this episode to review some of the research supporting DIRFloortime®. She is a developmental pediatrician and a DIR-Expert practitioner in South Pasadena, California. She was a co-founder and the executive director of PCDA,...
Floortime in the Pool: A Deeper Dive
Occupational therapist at ICDL Livingston, Stephanie Peters, returns to build upon last week's podcast sharing her experiences doing Floortime in the Pool! Stephanie has experience as an aquatic therapist and has done Floortime in the pool as part of the Intensives at...
