Using DIR/Floortime Techniques and Strategies at Home and in School

Presented by: Audrey Spellman, MA

Families, special educators, and social workers working with children with autism and related disorders will learn ways to integrate the Floortime approach in different ways throughout a child’s day. There will be ample time for discussion of situations that you have encountered, so please bring examples where you have found it hard to interact with your child.

Ms. Spellman has over 30 years’ experience working in the field of early intervention. She coordinated the Opportunity Center Early Intervention Program in the New Canaan Public Schools for many years before leaving to start Family First Early Intervention Project in 2007. Family First is a trans-disciplinary team of therapists in Fairfield County who use the DIR^® model and Floortime techniques in their work with young children with disorders of relating and communicating. As a certified special educator and consultant with advanced training in the DIR/Floortime approach, Ms. Spellman conducts developmental assessments, provides play therapy, and trains parents and professionals in the use of this approach.