DIR 120: Choosing Play

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Course Description

In this 3-session course, you will have an introduction to the DIR/Floortime approach from a parent perspective. Participants will review Season 1 of the 'We chose play' Floortime documentary and discuss each episode with its creator, Daria Brown, including review, and Q & A, and reflection and action steps to support your Floortime experience. Here’s your chance to view the new documentary series you’ve heard about but haven’t had a chance to watch yet!

'We chose play' is a series documenting one family’s Floortime journey from their child's birth through his autism diagnosis following a traumatic medical experience, discovering Floortime, putting together a DIR/Floortime-friendly team, and implementing DIR/Floortime for the next ten years. With each episode, you’ll glean insights, tips, and reflections–"what I learned and what I know now that I would tell myself back then, along the way."

Session 1 

Setting up the scenario for choosing the DIR approach: We will watch the first 3 episodes of Season 1 together and have a discussion.

Episode 1: In the beginning… The necessary step we had to take, after the diagnosis, to move forward.

Episode 2: What did we miss? How parents question themselves and why it’s so important to avoid blame.

Episode 3: How do we start? Understanding the most important thing you can do to help your child.

Session 2 

Exploring the sensorimotor profile and starting Floortime: We will watch episodes 4 and 5 together with discussions after each episode.

Episode 4: Let’s start Looking at your child’s individual profile to inform your play.

Episode 5: Let’s play! Examples of our early experiences doing Floortime.

Session 3 

Understanding the power of coaching and self-reflection: We will watch episode 6 together followed by a discussion and wrap-up.

Episode 6: Let’s reflect Reflecting on a Floortime video with a coach to highlight the process.

Prerequisite: None

Instructor

Daria Brown has a Master's in Personality and Social Psychology, specializing in Individual Differences. She has worked in research, evaluation, and education for over 25 years at universities, not-for-profits, and the government. She created Affect Autism, a website, and podcast for parents and practitioners looking to implement DIR/Floortime. Daria also facilitates ICDL's weekly parent support drop-in as ICDL's Parent Advocate.

Learning Objectives

• Participants will be able to understand how their relationship with their child facilitates a sense of safety and security in their child's environment that allows for developmental progress.

• Participants will be able to understand how assessing a child's developmental capacities helps determine how to interact with the child in a constructive way for the child.

• Participants will be able to explain how understanding a child's individual differences, including their sensory processing profile, helps tailor constructive interactions with the child.

Included with course

Included with course: 

• Access to Season 1 of 'We chose play' Floortime documentary (6 episodes)

• Presenter slides including Action Steps, Takeaways, and Resources

There will be no continuing education credits offered for this course.