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The Functional Emotional
Assessment Scale and Reflective Supervision in DIR®/Floortime
This course presents an introduction to the
Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship-Based model,
pioneered by Dr. Stanley Greenspan and Serena Wieder, PhD, for
working with children with developmental delays. Students will
learn about the six functional developmental levels that a child
must master including Shared Attention, Engagement, Two-Way
Purposeful Communication, Two-Way Problem-Solving Communication,
Emotional Ideas and Abstract Thinking. Students will also learn
about Floortime, a strategic, goal-oriented, affect-filled way
of interacting that encompasses assessment, goal creation and
other tools to help a child initiate and respond at higher
developmental levels.
Because emotional growth is integral to
both social and cognitive learning, Greenspan and Wieder
maintain that subtle emotional interactions form the building
blocks of all human intelligence and the origins of the highest
orders of human capacity: morality, creativity, and even
consciousness itself. The DIR® model places a special emphasis
on helping the child develop and strengthen the special
relationships in his or her life. Also, because processing
difficulties can be at the root of the child’s problems with
relationships, learning and interactions, the model considers
and addresses the child’s unique biology and processing
capacities.
The DIR® framework is particularly helpful
when working with children with attention, behavioral,
communication, regulation and sensory issues, as well as PDD/Autism.
In this course, we’ll be focusing primarily on children from 0
to 5, with applications for older children as well.
This course has been approved for MA Early
Intervention competencies and may also be taken for Lesley
University credit. See the course brochure for details.
Course Brochure with Registration form for non-Lesley
students
Instructors:
Deborah Bauch, MS, OTR/L
Sarah Measures,
M.Ed., PGCE
This course is
designed for students who have a basic understanding of the
theoretical foundations of the DIR® model and who wish to do
effective Floortime with children with special needs.
Strategic and finely-tuned Floortime
requires the ability to view the child within the context of a
larger DIR® framework. Students will learn to put together a
basic profile of a child that includes an understanding of the
model’s three component parts:
D
(Functional) Developmental
Level
I
Individual Differences
R
Relationship Patterns
Students will explore and practice a range
of Floortime strategies and techniques geared toward challenging
a child to move to higher levels within a session and making
developmental progress over time. Students will present
videotape of their sessions and brainstorm ways to make their
work more effective.
This course has been approved for MA Early
Intervention competencies and may also be taken for Lesley
University credit. See the course brochure for details.
Pre-requisite: Students are expected
to have taken Introduction to DIR®/Floortime for Professionals,
or may register by special permission of the instructors.
Course Brochure with Registration form for non-Lesley
students
Instructors:
Deborah Bauch, MS, OTR/L
Tal Baz, MS, OTR/L
This course is designed for students who
have a basic understanding of the theoretical foundations of the
DIR®
model and who also have basic skill and knowledge of Floortime
techniques.
Students will learn to administer
Greenspan, Wieder and DeGangi’s FEAS (Functional Emotional
Assessment Scale). Students will explore Greenspan’s Affect
Diathesis Hypothesis: The Role of Emotion in the Core Deficit in
Autism and in the Development of Intelligence and Social
Skills. Students will continue to expand and refine their
Floortime skills.
Pre-requisite: Students
are expected to have taken Introduction to DIR® and Developing Essential Floortime Skills
(offered through Lesley University and Lesley University
Continuing Education), or may register by special permission of
the instructors.
Course Brochure with Registration form for non-Lesley
students
Instructors:
Deborah Bauch, MS, OTR/L
Tal Baz, MS, OTR/L
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