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The Paths to Language: Knowing When To Teach What

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Addressing Anxiety and Other Mental Health Challenges in the Context o...

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Floortime: All Day Long and All Life Long

Presenter Ruby Salazar

DIR-FCD Model Assessment and Intervention for Older Children and Young...

Presenter Karen McDowell
Michele Parkins
Diane Selinger

A Seat at the Table: Evidence for Intensive Developmental Intervention...

Presenter Richard Solomon

Individual Differences

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Advanced Clinical Thinking - Part 1: Sensory Processing and Psychodyna...

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Gilbert Foley

Sensory Processing and Neuroimaging Assessment: Case Presentations of ...

Presenter Sherri Cawn
Traci Swink
Rosemary White

Comprehension Across the Spectrum: A Longitudinal Story of a Child’s...

Presenter Sima Gerber

Sensory Integration and Individual Differences: Synchrony of the Senso...

Presenter Rosemary White

How to Create a Meaningful Life for Every Child and Young Adult Panel

Presenter Ricki Robinson
Serena Wieder

DIR Floortime Functional Emotional Developmental Levels 1-4

Presenter Lisa deFaria
Griffin Doyle

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The DIR Model and “Triadic Collaboration”: A New Type of Collaboration

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Meet Our Faculty: Susan “Sue” Smith-Foley, MPA, OTR/L

Susan “Sue” Smith-Foley, Occupational Therapist Susan Smith-Foley is a Pediatric Occupa...

Motor Development: How Autism Affects Motor Skills

Motor development is key when it comes to being able to physically navigate the world. Moving our bo...

Executive Functioning in Older Children

Underdeveloped executive functioning in older children is characterized by impulsivity, inability to...

Meet Our Faculty: Marilee Burgeson, MA, CCC-SLP

Marilee Burgeson, Speech Language Pathologist Marilee Burgeson has been a Speech Language and Hearin...

What Causes Sensory Processing Disorder? Can DIR help treat children with SPD?

Sensory processing disorder occurs when signals from our senses are either not detected or not organ...

Helping Children with ASD, SPD and other Special Needs through Natural Disasters

Our hearts and minds go out to those affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma and especially appreciat...

Meet Our Faculty: Traci Swink, MD

Traci Swink, MD; Pediatric Neurologist Traci Swink, MD is a Pediatric Neurologist who has dedicate...

Relationships: The Key to Progress

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