Vancouver Occupational Therapy For Kids, Ltd. Presents DIR / Floortime Approach Workshop Greenspan & Wieder s Comprehensive Model of Treatment for Children with Challenges in Relating & Communicating, including Autism Spectrum Disorder. with Rosemary White OTR/L-Profectum Faculty & ICDL PhD Faculty Vancouver, BC November 18th-19th, 2012
DIR /Floortime is the developmental relationship based approach to treatment developed by the late Stanley Greenspan, MD and Serena Wieder, PhD. It is a comprehensive treatment model that supports parent child interactions with the focus on relationships, as relationships are the vehicle for learning. The goal of a Floortime program is to develop a continuous flow of interaction with a child throughout their day. Initially, this is developed in the focused interactions of the Floortime sessions but then expands to all the incidental interactions that continually occur throughout the day. This conference will go into the depth of the DIR /Floortime model. This includes the D which are the six core capacities of Functional Emotional Development, the I which are the individual differences of the child, and the R which are relationships that are the vehicle for creating learning interactions. Understanding a child s individual differences, including their physiological and emotional regulation as well as visual spatial, auditory/language and motor abilities, is essential for all who work with children on interactions and learning. Extensive use of video clips of case illustrations will be used in this workshop to highlight assessment and treatment. Video clips will include coaching of parents in implementing DIR /Floortime at home, as well as individual treatment sessions and group interactions. In addition video clips will show treatment of children over the course of a number of years highlighting the progress in the child s attention, engagement, social interaction and their ability to develop ideas, build their play with a logical flow and develop reasoning and abstract thinking. Participants will: Understand the many facets of the DIR Model and be informed of it as an effective treatment approach that can be used with children with disorders in communicating and relating including children diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Understand and be able to identify the areas of an individual s unique profile that may affect their ability to relate and communicate. This includes the sensory modulation continuum of sensory registration and response to stimuli and how it influences behavior, attention, impulse control, intent to act, motor planning and sequencing, action, auditory/verbal processing and visual processing. Identify how these unique individual differences influence a child s interaction with people and objects, as well as how we can tailor our interactions to support the development of the child s ideas and then for them to make the link between ideas and abstract thought. Recognize the power of affect to increase the child s attention to task and to enhance the dance of social interaction with a child.
Recognize that affect has to be tailored to the individual child to support their engagement, for example, when and how to use sensory and physical activity to engage the child and when and how to use language to engage the child, and help them problem solve and elaborate ideas. Who should attend: This conference is for both professionals and parents. Professionals include: pediatricians, nurses, occupational and physiotherapists, speech and language pathologists, mental health professionals, early childhood and school age educators, behavior specialists, program administrators and related health care. Rosemary White, OTR Rosemary has been an Occupational Therapist since 1972 and brings a wealth of clinical experience to every workshop she teaches throughout the United States and internationally in Canada, UK, Netherlands, Greece, Turkey, South Africa, Uganda and Australia. Rosemary is a true clinician s clinician! Rosemary received her Neurodevelopmental Therapy training in London with the Bobaths, her Sensory Integrative Therapy training in Los Angeles with Dr. A Jean Ayres and her training in DIR (Floortime) with Stanley Greenspan and Serena Wieder, PhD and the Faculty of ICDL. She currently owns and operates Pediatric Physical and Occupational Therapy Services in Seattle, Washington. Rosemary has her Certificate in DIR and has been Senior Faculty on the Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disabilities (ICDL) chaired by Stanley Greenspan, MD and Serena Wieder, Ph.D, since 2002. Rosemary is on the Clinical Faculty at the University of Washington in the School of Nursing Infant Mental Health Certificate Program. Rosemary is also Faculty in the ICDL Graduate School in the PhD in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health and Developmental Disorders. This is an on-line PhD program providing education to professionals throughout the world. Rosemary is a Profectum Foundation Faculty.
Day 1 Schedule 8:00 8:45am: Registration 8:45 9:am: Housekeeping, etc. 9:00 10:30: Introduction to the DIR Model the key tenets that highlight the importance of Relationships, the Individual and Emotional Development embedded Functionally and Meaningfully. 10:30 11:00: BREAK 11:00 1:00pm: Functional Emotional Development and the Neurobiology that is Reflected in the Rhythms of Developing Relationships Typical Development. 1:00 2:00: LUNCH 2:00 3:15: The Individual Profile that is unique to us all how do we constantly alter our affect and actions in the flow of an interaction. 3:15 3:45: BREAK 3:45 5:00: Assessment that informs treatment Focus on the dyad (parent to child/peer to peer) as we look at the Relationship, the Individual Profile and the Functional Emotional Development Day 2 Schedule 8:30 8:45am: Registration 8:45 9:am: Housekeeping, etc. 9:00 10:30: Relating to real life interactions Case Studies dyad work Parent Coaching 10:30 11:00: BREAK 11:00 1:00pm: Relating to real life interactions Case Studies dyad work Parent Coaching 1:00 2:00: LUNCH 2:00 3:15: Relating to real life interactions Case Studies Interaction with Peers Coaching of Others in the Child s life including Floortime Players 3:15 3:45: BREAK 3:45 5:00: How the Model is a Foundation for Life and can be Embraced by all. Location: Norman Rothstein Theatre 950 W 41 Ave, Vancouver, BC V5Z 2N7 Skytrain exit Oakridge/41st, walk 3 blocks west on 41st ave. Pay parking & street parking available. Registration Forms & Fees: Early Bird Rate: Postmarked by October 5, 2012 $325+ HST (12%)= $364 Regular Rate: Postmarked by November 12th $375+$45 HST (12%) =$420 Late Registration: Postmarked after November 12th, and at the door, space permitting - $400 Parents of children with ASD, receive 10% discount. Parents of children serviced at Vancouver OT For Kids, Ltd., receive 10% discount. Fees include workshop material, continental breakfast, snacks and beverages daily. Café on premises and Oakridge Food Court is a seven minute walk away.
Registration Name: Phone: Address: City: Postal/Zip Code: E-mail (for e-mail confirmation of your registration): Parent Agency/Organization Discipline Province/State: Child s age Registrations are accepted only when accompanied by payment. Refunds for registration, less a $50 service charge are available until November 9th, 2012. Cheques that are not honoured will result in a loss of registration status. Bank charges incurred as a result of a NSF cheque are the responsibility of the registrant. Method of Payment: Enclosed is a check in the amount of $ Payable to Vancouver OT For Kids, Ltd. Credit Card Visa Master card Card # In the amount of Name on Card Authorized signature Expiration Date Billing address if different from above: Register online at www.otforkids.ca Mail or fax registration forms and payments to: Vancouver Occupational Therapy For Kids, Ltd. 18-5763 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC V6M 2V7 Fax (604) 568-4316 www.otforkids.ca For questions contact: Rachel Kamin, OT (604) 568-4360 vanot4kids@shaw.ca