Dir® Fidelity Scale Community Of Practice

Prerequisites: 

DIR-Advanced or higher certificate

Attended DIR 350

Be actively practicing, as case presentations and/or engaging in dialogues about cases will be an integral part of the learning process

Course Description

This interactive and interprofessional community of practice will support you in confidently using the DIR fidelity tool within your practice. This longitudinal program runs over 5 months and includes 6 facilitated sessions. Participants will connect with peers to discuss and share cases, apply the fidelity tool in real-world contexts, and learn from one another’s experiences. The aims of the program are to build a shared and reliable understanding of how to use the fidelity tool, to enhance the quality and consistency of services, and to engage in reflective learning to strengthen your implementation of the fidelity tool. 

Learning Objectives 

By the end of the program participants will be able to: 

1. Describe the purpose and use of the fidelity tool with confidence. 

2. Apply strategies to promote consistent interpretation and use of the fidelity tool 

3. Articulate the process of navigating conversations to promote collaboration and consistent use of the tool across different professions (interprofessionally).

4. Discuss how the fidelity tool can be used across different contexts (e.g., in research, to support mentoring, in coaching colleagues etc.)

5. Describe, listing at least 3 best practices, how practitioners can set the stage for a safer space when using the fidelity tool with others to facilitate learning conversations.

6. Create a plan to promote sustainable use of the fidelity tool within their practice.

Course Agenda

Session 1:

• Orientation to course objectives and community building (45 min)

• Review Fidelity Scale purpose and use (45 min)

Session 2: 

• Fidelity exercise and discussion (30 min)

• Strategies to promote consistent use of the tool (15 min)

• Fidelity exercise and discussion (45 min)

Session 3: 

• Large Group Activities: scoring of recorded sessions (20 min)

• Discussion of scoring (25 min)

• Large Group Activities: scoring of recorded sessions (20 min)

• Discussion of scoring (25 min)

Session 4: 

• Approaches to embed fidelity reviews into supervision/coaching (30 min)

• Frameworks for respectful, affirming feedback (15 min)

• Role-play activity and discussion: fidelity-informed feedback (45 min)

Session 5:

• Discuss how fidelity insights influence coaching, modeling, and caregiver support (45 min)

• Case-based group work and discussion (45 min)

Session 6: 

• Questions and discussion (20 min)

• Small group activity: Creating a plan for sustained use of fidelity tool (25 min)

• Sharing plans for sustained use of fidelity tool (25 min)

• Concluding activity: reflection on growth (25 min)

instructor

Amanda Binns, PhD, SLP - CCC, Reg. CASLPO

The DIR® Fidelity Scale

The DIR® Fidelity Scale is free to use.  Please note, those using the Fidelity Scale must have at least a DIR® Advanced (DIR-A) certificate. The DIR® Fidelity Scale and Manual can be downloaded by clicking here.  

Target Audience

Professionals, clinicians and supervisors or managers delivering DIRFloortime within their organizations who have received training in DIRFloortime and introductory training on use of the Fidelity Scale. 

DIRFloortime Training leaders who are interested in learning more about how to use the Fidelity tool to guide their facilitation, teaching and mentoring.

Cancellations/Refunds/Grievances

All cancellations must be made by e-mailing dirfloortimetraining@icdl.com. If you request a cancellation at least 15 days prior to the first day of class you will qualify for a 50% refund. For detailed information please click here.

Please click here to view our grievance policy.

Accessibility

Aligned with the DIR model, continuing education offered by ICDL works to be responsive to a range of individual differences in processing, communicating, and regulating; learning differences, learning disabilities, and other forms of disability. Please click here to read more about accessibility and accommodations. 

PROFESSIONAL CONTINUING EDUCATION

All participants can request a Certificate of Attendance documenting hours of participation and available professional continuing education credits at the time of registration. Please note that continuing education credit is only provided for direct seat time. Course preparation including readings, lectures, and mentoring is not included in the CE hour or credit total. This course is a live online course and participants must log in individually to the online classroom, following the instructions provided by ICDL and with their camera on, so there is a record of each participant's attendance individually. If participants join in a room with a group, each participant must still log in on their own device so ICDL can see each participant and verify each individual's login and log out of the online classroom. Participants must attend the entire course to get CE credit. Partial credit is not an option.  

Social Workers must complete the course evaluation posted on the floortime.org course page in order to receive ASWB ACE continuing education credit. 

Course Interaction: This live webinar is fully interactive. Attendees may ask and answer questions throughout the presentation and participate in instructor-led discussions.  

No partial credit is available.

Satisfactory Course Completion:

• Full live attendance is required to complete this course. Students in live online courses must have a device (PC, Mac, Tablet, Smartphone) with a microphone. ICDL provides the software for the course. 

• Participants must complete all course assignments, including formative self-assessment and sumative Fidelity Scale planning assignment.

• Certificate of Attendance (by request) will be available on floortime.org within 30 days of course completion. To request accommodations, please contact certificates@icdl.com.

Please CLICK HERE for Instructor Disclosures

The course content is focused on a specific product or service (DIRFloortime®) and there will be no mention of other products or services. ICDL does not receive any commercial support for the DIRFloortime certificate courses. If any commercial support is provided for a conference or event, it will be disclosed on the promotional material or webpage for that specific event.

Continuing Education Questions?  E-mail ceu@icdl.com

Speech and Language Pathologists

Pending: This course is offered for 0.9 ASHA CEUs (Various levels, Professional area).

Non-Credit Onsite Events: Continuing education credit is not offered for breakfast, luncheon, and dinner functions nor breaks, board and committee meetings, and networking events.

Skills Level: This Training is appropriate for occupational therapists, speech and language pathologists, educators, and mental health treating professionals of all skill levels.

Important Information for Speech and Language Pathologists:

As part of your registration, you were asked if you want CE credits for ASHA for this course. Selecting "yes" is required for ICDL to process your ASHA continuing education credits. If you chose "yes", our Continuing Education Department will complete and submit an ASHA participant form on your behalf at the conclusion of your course as long as your attendance requirements are met.

If you have any questions about this process please email us at ceu@icdl.com.

ICDL is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Pending PD activity approval ID #16459. This distance learning-interactive course is offered at 0.9 CEUs, intermediate level, professional issues. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.

Non-Credit Onsite Events: Continuing education credit is not offered for breakfast, luncheon, dinner functions, or breaks; board and committee meetings, networking events.

Skill Level: This Training is appropriate for occupational therapists, speech and language pathologists, educators, and mental health treating professionals of all skill levels.

Participants must attend the full session to successfully complete the course.

Please complete the course evaluation form that can be found on your Floortime.org course page. This course evaluation is for ICDL and is used to help us improve our course offerings. We thank you for your time.

Psychologists

Counselors

ACE:

International Council on Development and Learning, provider number 1967, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 8/1/2025 - 8/1/2028. Social workers completing this course receive 9 general continuing education credits.

NEW YORK STATE SOCIAL WORKERS:

International Council on Development and Learning, Inc., SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0371.  This course is offered for 3 contact hours of credit.  

Educators

Art Therapists

According to the ATR-BC Recertification Standards, ICDL training programs that are approved by one of the other national continuing education boards listed on this page, may be eligible for Art Therapy continuing education credit. These standards state, "CECs will be accepted for all courses or events that fit in the ATCB Eligible Content Areas and that are presented or approved by any of the following art therapy, mental health, or behavioral sciences entities: state licensing authority, national professional organization, or national credentialing body for continuing education credit." It is the responsibility of each participant to determine if an ICDL program qualifies or not. ICDL is not an approved ATR-BC continuing education provider and as such can not award ATR-BC continuing education credits directly. However, we are approved by organizations like NBCC which may meet the above-quoted standard. 

music therapists

MT-BCs can claim credits for the course under the Other Continuing Education Opportunities category for recertification. Please refer to the Recertification Manual for additional details