DIR 310: Using the FEAS
Using the Functional Emotional Assessment Scale (FEAS) to assess a child's functional emotional capacities
Wednesdays
March 12 - 26, 2025
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM/12:00 - 14:00 US Eastern Time Zone (New York Time)
Taught in English
Price: $ 150 USD
Clinical Psychologist, DIR Expert, and co-author of Respecting Autism with Dr. Stanley Greenspan
Course Description & Continuing Education Information
Functional Emotional Assessment: Using the Functional Emotional Assessment Scale (FEAS) to assess a child's functional emotional capacities
The Functional Emotional Assessment Scale, published by ICDL and authored by Stanley Greenspan, Georgia DeGangi, & Serena Wieder, enables clinicians, educators, and researchers to observe and measure emotional and social functioning in infants, young children, and their families. Historically, the complexity of emotional functioning has been difficult to measure and assess. The FEAS meets this longstanding need of the field. The FEAS conceptualizes, operationalizes, and measures in a reliable and valid manner:
The full range of emotional functioning of infants, young children, and their families.
Naturally occurring emotional interactions between infants, children, and caregivers in a variety of settings, including home and school.
Both easily observable emotional behaviors and the subtle, more difficult to measure, deeper levels of emotional functioning.
This course will supplement the FEAS book to guide practitioners on how to practically use the FEAS tool. This is a practical application course that takes the knowledge in the book and helps clinicians administer, score, and report on the FEAS.
Pre-requisite: DIR 101. This course is best suited for those that have earned at least a Basic DIRFloortime certificate (DIR 201) with a minimum requirement of having completed the introductory course (DIR 101)
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to identify the uses and limitations of the Functional Emotional Assessment Scale (FEAS).
Participants will demonstrate an understanding of the administration of the FEAS.
Participants will demonstrate an understanding of scoring and reporting on the FEAS.
Agenda
Module One (Hours 1-2)
Introducing the FEAS: Explaining the conceptualization, research, purpose, and overall function of the FEAS tool.
Module Two (Hours 3-4)
FEAS Administration: A detailed explanation of how to administer the FEAS.
Module Three (Hours 5-6)
Scoring and Reporting: A detailed explanation of the scoring and reporting process including functional uses and limitations of use.
Target Audience
The course was created to offer to clinicians and professionals, many of whom are connected to the international DIRFloortime community, from a range of fields including: Speech and Language Pathologists, mental health specialists such as Counselors, Physical Therapists, Psychologists or Social Workers; Occupational Therapists, and Educators. Level: Intermediate
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.
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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.
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.
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
This course is offered for 0.6 ASHA CEUs (Introductory level, 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
We also request that all participants complete a course evaluation form that is found on the course page. This course evaluation is for ICDL and is used to help improve all aspects of our training program. Your feedback is valuable, and we thank you for your time!
If you have any questions about this process, please email us at ceu@icdl.com.
Occupational Therapists
DIR 310: Using the FEAS
ICDL is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Provider approval ID # 6778. This live online course is offered at 0.6 CEUs, introductory level, professional area. 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.
Please complete the course evaluation that will be made available after the completion of the course.
Counselors
International Council on Development and Learning has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6733. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. International Council on Development and Learning is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Social Workers
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: 8/1/2024 - 8/1/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 6 clinical 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.
Educators
NEW YORK STATE EDUCATORS:
ICDL is recognized by the New York State Education Department's Office of Teaching Initiatives as an approved sponsor of CTLE for Professional Classroom Teachers, School Leaders and Level III Teaching Assistants. Approved Provider Number: 23878.
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