DIR101 – The nuts and bolts of it
When: February 2027 (Malaysia)
Description
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.
Outline / Agenda:
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
Learning Objectives
Students successfully completing this course will demonstrate the ability to:
- Identify at least three common features of autism and other challenges of relating and communicating.
- Identify at least four key features of relationship-based approaches.
- Describe all 6 Functional Emotional Developmental Capacities (FEDCs) in the DIR® model and potential challenges that children face at each capacity.
- 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.
- Identify at least three key principles and basic strategies of Floortime.
- Describe at least three characteristics of relationship and family in the DIR® model.
- Describe the essential role of affect as it is related to the D, the I, and the R.
Assessment: Completion of Feedback Form
The attendee will be registered through ICDL to be an approved provider and a portion of your fee will go towards the ICDL process.
Provider Name: The Maude Le Roux Academy
Presenter: Maude Le Roux, OTR/L, SIPT, DIR/Floortime® Expert Trainer
Bio: Maude Le Roux is a global trainer in multiple methodologies and a mentor to therapists from multidisciplinary teams. She opened her practice, A Total Approach in Glen Mills, PA, USA in 2001. Maude started her training career in 2007 and opened her online academy in 2019. She has designed the Developmental Pathways Model (DPM), which she applies to her own unique assessment and intervention protocol for major diagnosis such as Dyspraxia, ADHD and Executive Functions, Autism, Reading and Writing Disorders, and Trauma and Attachment. Maude served 9 years on the Board of Directors for ATTACh and currently serves on their Advisory Board. She also serves on the Advisory Board for LSWorks (Neuralign program). She is a co-author of two books and more recently wrote a chapter on Trauma and the Body in “Healing Connections” which launched in September 2024. Maude received an award for “Continued child advocacy” through the ATTACh organization in September 2024. She also received the Champion Award through ICDL in November 2024. Maude has a “whole child” approach to care and intervention and equipping the child, while empowering the parent is at the core of who she is as a clinician and trainer.
Target Audience: Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, Physical Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Educators, Parents
Educational Level: Intermediary
Number of Participants: Unlimited
Instructional Methods: PowerPoint, Group Discussion, Video
Contact Hours: 12 hours
Contact: [email protected]
