Connecting Through Play UK offers DIRFloortime® Courses and Parent Coaching
Try an introduction to DIRFloortime®
Next introduction course: 13th + 14th October 2022, Reading, Berkshire
https://dirfloortimeoct22.eventbrite.co.uk
About DIRFloortime®
The DIR model promotes emotional development and overall mental well-being for children and adults with autism. The introductory course covers the theoretical framework, scientific evidence, and practical application of the DIR model and Floortime approach. It is approved through The International Council on Development and Learning (ICDL).
Greenspan’s Functional Emotional Developmental Capacities
These are the capacities for a child to master for healthy emotional and intellectual growth. The capacities are:
- To be regulated/calm and interested in their surroundings.
- To engage with others and deepen attachment bonds.
- To initiate and respond in two-way communication.
- To communicate in complex ways and share social problem-solving.
- To be a symbolic thinker.
- To build bridges between ideas/have expanded imagination, and so become a logical thinker.
Individual Differences – Each child has their own unique profile, which needs to be taken into account. Individual differences within the child, or within their environment, will either help or hinder the child in achieving their potential.
Improving our knowledge of each child’s Individual Differences helps us to understand the child’s unique experience within their bodies and their perception of their world. These differences may be in, for example:
Sensory processing
Ability to self-regulate
Motor skills
Physical health factors
Mental health factors
Family factors, including attachment
Any history of trauma
Relationship-Based – Emotionally charged interactions between the child and their caregivers are at the core of the Model. The child develops an understanding of themselves and the world through long chains of back-and-forth interactions with their caregivers.
Floortime – Carers (parents and teaching staff) learn how to adjust their play and communication to optimally support the child’s needs. Playing slowly, but with lots of animation. can support and entice an under-aroused child to engage for longer chains of interaction. Reducing stimulation and using warm emotion can soothe an overstimulated child, who will then feel safer, more organised in their body and more able to sustain interaction/ play.
Courses are held nationally and internationally. For training to organisations such as schools, NHS, social care, email training@connectingthroughplay.org
Parent Coaching is available online or face to face for families in South Oxfordshire and West Berkshire, email info@connectingthroughplay.org
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