We chose play from Affect Autism

Occupational Therapist and DIR® Expert Training Leader, Maude Le Roux, of A Total Approach in Glen Mills, PA returns this week to discuss moving slower to move faster. Maude says there’s the Floortime techniques about slowing down and stretching out interactions, but there’s also a global aspect to this topic. Many parents are in the frame of mind of wanting their kids to “catch up” which drives their anxiety and increases a performance demand on the child, she says. While our world has become more and more fast-paced, development has not changed. We explore this topic this episode.

Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: https://affectautism.com/2021/11/06/slower/

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DIRFloortime® is the only approach that provides an integrated, developmental framework within which parents and a team of professionals can tailor individualized programming to children with developmental differences taking into account the D, development, I, individual differences and the unique sensory processing profile, and R, the relationship.

Link to the full blog post with links to key discussion points here: https://affectautism.com/2016/04/26/comprehensive/

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This is Part 3 of our three podcasts featuring the Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) Floortime multi-disciplinary clinic, Professional Child Development Associates (PCDA) in Pasadena, California. Dr. Brandt Chamberlain is the head of Child and Family Counseling services at PCDA, and he is here to discuss the goals the clinicians address in their services to families. His team provides amazing support and parent coaching to families with children who have more complex needs by doing two-part therapy sessions including 1-to-1 parent sessions and also Floortime sessions with parent and child. He will also tell us about the Young Adults Group that focuses on self-advocacy and vocational exploration.

Link to the full blog post with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the podcast here: https://affectautism.com/2021/10/02/counselling/

Caregivers: Consider joining our DIR® Parent Network for support from a like-minded community of Floortimers here: https://www.icdl.com/parents

Julie Miller is a Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) Occupational Therapist and the Clinical Director of Professional Child Development Associates (PCDA) in Pasadena, California where she works closely with the wonderful team dedicated to providing feeding services. As the former head of the Feeding and Nutrition Department, she shares a wealth of knowledge around some of the most complex challenges parents face with their children who struggle with eating for a variety of reasons. This is Part 2 in a 3-part series featuring services offered at this multidisciplinary DIRFloortime® clinic.

Link to the show notes with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the episode here: ⁠http://affectautism.com/2021/09/25/feeding

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