DIRFloortime®: Beyond Playing on the Floor

Name: DIRFloortime®: Beyond Playing on the Floor
Price: 129.00 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 5 (11509 reviews)

Course: #9642Level: Advanced 4 Hours 11509 Reviews

The DIRFloortime® framework can be used not only with children with autism, but with a wide variety of ages and diagnoses. This 4-hour master class describes DIRFloortime principles and concepts such as Functional Emotional Developmental Capacities (FEDCs) and relationship-based intervention. Case studies provide examples of goals and therapy activities, including virtual experiences, for various populations.

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Course Type: Video

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.4 Advanced, Professional; Calif SLPAB/4.0; IACET/0.4; IBCCES/4.0; IL EITP/3.0; Kansas LTS-S1370/4.0; SAC/4.0

Learning Outcomes

After this course, participants will be able to define the Functional Emotional Developmental Capacities (FEDCs) and Individual Differences.
After this course, participants will be able to explain what it means to have Relationship-based intervention.
After this course, participants will be able to determine the FEDC for a given case study.
After this course, participants will be able to explain the principles of Floortime.
After this course, participants will be able to describe how to use DIRFloortime with various populations, including creating virtual Floortime experiences.

Course created on March 15, 2021

Agenda

0-60 Minutes	Part 1: Overview of DIRFloortime framework and evidence base
60-120 Minutes	Part 2: Assess case studies and determine the FEDCs (1 through 6)
120-180 Minutes	Part 3: Individual differences
180-240 Minutes	Part 4: Using the DIRFloortime framework with various populations, and in virtual therapy

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11509 Reviews

by Member on April 15, 2025

Very comprehensive explanation of the DIR Floor time Model. The videos were really helpful to model the concepts being taught.

by Member on April 14, 2025

The course was interesting and was something I had wanted to learn since I work with an elementary-age population. It was also interesting to see that it can work with adults as well as having video examples and such detailed descriptions also helped to understand this method and how best to utilize these techniques.

by Member on April 14, 2025

The videos were very helpful and the instructor explained all the terms in great detail.

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Presented By

Joleen R. Fernald
PhD CCC-SLP, BCS-CL

Joleen R. Fernald, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL is a DIRFloortime® Training Leader and Expert Provider. She is an adjunct professor for Granite State College. Dr. Fernald has a special interest in the social emotional development of young children and its impact on their speech and language skills. As a speech-language pathologist, Dr. Fernald works with children who have a variety of communication disorders. She partnered with Easter Seals NH in 2006 to begin an assessment and treatment clinic specifically for children with selective mutism. This clinic has now expanded to her office in the Tampa Bay area of FL.

Presenter Disclosure: Financial: Joleen Fernald was paid an honorarium for this presentation. Joleen is a Training Leader and Expert DIRFloortime provider and has a private speech-language pathology clinic. Non-financial: No relevant relationships to disclose.

Sponsor Disclosure: This Course is presented by SpeechPathology.com, a Continued site.

Content Disclosure: This course focuses on the DIRFloortime framework and not on other intervention approaches.

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American Speech-Language-Hearing Assn.

Advanced Level
0.40 ASHA CEUs

California Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology Board

SpeechPathology.com is approved by the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board as a Continuing Professional Development Provider, approval number PDP 268. This course may meet the requirements for 4.00 hours of continuing education credit for speech-language pathologists as required by the California Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology Board. The responsibility for determining whether or not this specific course counts toward an individual's requirements for license renewal is up to the individual. Please refer to the CA state board rules regarding allowable topics and self-study limits: https://www.speechandhearing.ca.gov/licensees/slp-au_cpd_req.shtml Live webinars on SpeechPathology.com are not included in the self-study limit under California professional development guidelines.

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Continued, LLC, DBA SpeechPathology.com, is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). Continued complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices. As a result of this accreditation, Continued is authorized to issue the IACET CEU. continued, LLC, is authorized by IACET to offer 0.40 CEUs for this program.

International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards

The continued family of websites, including SpeechPathology.com, is a Certified Training Partner of IBCCES. This course is offered for a maximum of 4.00 CE hours for the autism certifications issued by IBCCES.

Illinois Early Intervention Training Program

The Illinois Early Intervention Training Program has approved this event for 3.00 hours of EI credential credit. See http://www.illinoiseitraining.org/page.aspx?module=15 for information about credit areas.

Kansas Dept for Aging and Disability Services

Approved for 4.00 continuing education clock hour(s) for Kansas licensed Speech Pathologists by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services. Long-Term Sponsorship number: LTS-S1370.

Speech-Language and Audiology Canada

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