The Southern California DIR®/Floortime™* Regional Institute
LECTURE SERIES The morning portion of the Southern California DIR/Floortime™ Regional Institute is open to any professional who would like to attend. For more information about the Institute or the lecture series please go to: www.pasadenachilddevelopment.org, under training, DIR® Regional Institute.
Overview The program will take place over the course of 7 Saturdays. Those wishing to attend the lecture portion of the series may attend any or all of the mornings. (9-12 AM the first two Saturdays, and then from 9-11:30 the rest of the series -5 additional Saturdays). The cost for auditing the lecture series will be: $ 45 per session or $ 225 for the compete series of 7 Saturday mornings. Specific dates are: Session 1: Saturday October 9, 2010 :
Overview of DIR® and the regional Institute
Session 2: Saturday November 20, 2010 :
Floortime™ and Interdisciplinary work
Session 3: Saturday January 22, 2011: Regulatory-sensory processing, FEDL 1 and 2 Guest faculty: Mili Cordero, Ed.D., OTR/L, BCP Occupational therapist and special educator from Atlanta, Gerogia Session 4: Saturday February 26, 2011:
Motor Planning and Visual-Spatial Processing, FEDL 3 and 4 Guest faculty: Brooke Hampton, BS, PT Physical therapist, California Session 5: Saturday March 26, 2011 : Auditory Processing and Language, FEDL 5 & 6 Guest faculty: Michelle Ricamato, MA, CCC/SLP Speech and language therapist from Illinois Session 6: Saturday April 16, 2011:
Challenging Behavior, Family Function and Dynamics
Session 7: Saturday May 14, 2011 :
Parent perspectives, Cultural considerations
People who may later attend an Institute for as a Candidate for a DIR® Certificate will still need to attend the entire institute, including all lectures, as this year’s lectures cannot provide credit for attendance at future institutes.