DIR/Floortime is a dynamic and play-based intervention designed to promote children’s foundation social, emotional, communication, and cognitive development. Developed by Dr. Stanley Greenspan and Dr. Serena Wieder, the DIR (Developmental, Individual-Differences, Relationship-Based) model and related Floortime strategies focus on engaging children in meaningful interactions that build upon their individual strengths and challenges. For more information, see: https://www.icdl.com/dir.
Conducted by Dr. Amna Khan (post-doctoral psychology fellow) and Dr. Lauren Tobing-Puente (licensed psychologist), this low-fee individualized parent-child program is designed to give families of neurodivergent children an introduction to help parents learn to:
–understand their children’s individualized developmental profile
–promote their children’s communication, interactions, and emotional expression
–use specific strategies to connect and engage with their children
Our program includes:
–1 parent intake session
–1 home-based observation session (via video)
–11 weekly parent-child Floortime sessions
— 3 virtual parent sessions (to discuss strategies and progress)
— assessments of developmental levels at the beginning and end of the program
— video recordings of sessions (for parents to keep)
Scheduling:
Families choose either the Monday 11:00am-11:45am OR Monday 2:00pm-2:45pm time slot for all 11 in-person sessions. Virtual parent/home observation sessions can occur at those times or at another previously agreed upon time. Rescheduling will occur only if schedules permit, and must occur within the 12-week time frame.
Location:
In-person sessions are held at our Bayside, Queens play space and sensory gym: 38-50 Bell Blvd Ste A1, Bayside NY 11361.
Payment information:
Each 45-minute session (16 total) is $30. Half of the total ($240) is due upon registration, and refundable up until 10 business days before the session start date. The balance ($240) is due at Week 6.
Please Contact Us if interested.
In Memoriam:
This program is run in memory of Rebecca Shahmoon Shanok, LCSW, PhD, a pioneer in parent-child relational work and a champion for families and children. A close friend of both DIR/Floortime founders, Stanley Greenspan, MD and Serena Wieder, MD, Rebecca was a long-time faculty member of ICDL, a founding board member of NY Zero-to-Three Network, and founder of Collaborations for Growth. Rebecca was Dr. Lauren’s mentor for more than a decade; her immeasurable contributions to Dr. Lauren’s practice are just a fraction of her continued immense legacy.
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