1:30–8:30 pm

• Floortime™ for Novice Players
  • Faculty: Barbara Kalmanson, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist and Special Educator, San Francisco, CA and Molly Romer Witten, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist, Chicago, IL

• Sensory Organization and the Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship-Based (DIR®) Model
  • Faculty: Rosemary White, OTR/L, Director, Pediatric Physical and Occupational Therapy Services, Seattle, WA
    

1:30–4:30 pm

• Communication Through the DIR® Lens: A “Tool Kit” of Ideas and Strategies
  • Faculty: Sherri Cawn, M.A., CCC-SLP, Speech-Language Pathologist/Early Childhood Specialist, Private Practice, Northbrook, IL, and Cindy Harrison, M.Sc., Reg. CASLPO, Speech-Language Pathologist, Private Practice, Ottawa, Ontario
• The DIR® and IEP Goal Bank
  • Faculty: Monica Osgood, Founder/Executive Director, and Lauren Blaszak, Founder/Director, Celebrate the Children, Wharton, NJ

5:30 - 8:30 pm                                                                                                                        

• The Affect-Based Language Curriculum (ABLC): An Intensive Program for Parents, Therapists and Teachers
  • Faculty: Diane Lewis, MA/CCC-SLP, Director of Communication Enrichment Services in Bethesda, MD
• DIR® Programs for Pre-School and Elementary Age Children
  • Faculty: Monica Osgood, Founder/Executive Director, and Lauren Blaszak, Founder/Director, Celebrate the Children, Wharton, NJ
• Medication in the Treatment of Developmental and Learning Disorders
  • Faculty: Joshua Feder, M.D., Child and Family Psychiatry, Solana Beach, CA
• Representing Cognition in DIR®: Insights into Language Impairment and Visual Spatial Processing Challenges
  • Faculty: Gilbert Foley, Ed.D., Associate Professor, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, Sima Gerber, Ph.D., CCC, Professor of Communication Disorders, Queens College, CUNY, and Serena Wieder, Ph.D., Associate Chair, ICDL and Director, DIR® Institute, Clinical Psychologist, Silver Spring, MD
• Using the DIR® Approach in Feeding Therapy
  • Faculty: Diane Cullinane, M.D., Developmental Pediatrician, Executive Director, Patricia Novak, MPH, RD, CLE, Pediatric Registered Dietitian and Karla Ausderau, MA, OTR/L, Occupational Therapist, Pasadena Child Development Associates, Inc., Pasadena, CA