Overview of the DIR® Model and DIRFloortime® Principles (DIR 101)
| Students successfully completing this course will be able to: |
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Identify common features of autism and other challenges of relating and communicating |
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Identify the key features of relationship-based approaches |
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Explore 6 Functional Emotional Developmental Capacities (FEDCs) in the DIR® model and potential challenges that children face at each capacity |
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Understand the "I" in DIR - individual differences and how
health, sensory processing, and regulatory challenges can impact a
child's development |
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Discuss key principles and basic strategies of Floortime
™ |
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Understand the role of relationship and family in the DIR® model |
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Understand the essential role of affect as it is related to the D, the I, and the R |
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