Training in DIR Floortime

Training in DIR Floortime

Dates

Friday, October 3 | 5:30 - 7:30 pm

Saturday, October 4 | 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Location

Iowa Methodist Medical Center

Education and Research Center

Kelly Conference Room

1415 Woodland Ave

Des Moines, IA 50309

Intended Audience

Occupational therapists, speech therapists and other interested therapy professionals who participate in the care of pediatric patients.

Purpose

The DIR® Floortime approach is a comprehensive method of improving social, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral delays. DIR involves an assessment of a child’s individual strengths and difficulties in all areas of functioning and sensory processing. A key component to the DIR Model is the child’s natural emotions and interests. Integrating what he or she is naturally drawn to is essential to empower the different parts of the mind and brain to work together and successively achieve higher levels of social, emotional, and intellectual capacities.

Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to describe:

D (Development) - 6 levels of development

I (Individual profile) - sensory - motor - biology

R (Relationship) - How we use Dialectic Behavioral Therapy to support emotion regulation - the power of parents - the power of co-regulation

Agenda

Friday, October 3, 2025

5:30 – 6:30 pm: Instruction/Education

6:30pm: Break

6:45 – 7:30 pm: Instruction/Education

Saturday, October 4, 2025

9:00 – 10:00 am: Regulation - emotional, physical, sensory - once established…what emerges is:

10:00 – 10:15 am: Break

10:15 – 11:00 am: Instruction/Education

11:00 am – 12:00 pm: OT/ST sign up for 1:1 Q & A

12:00 – 1:00 pm: Connection - connection to self and others… what emerges is:

1:00 – 1:15 pm: Break

1:15 – 2:00 pm: Problem solving, vulnerability, learning

Ways we can learn and process:

• Role playing
• Video review
• Exercises to play around with 1, 2, 3 above
• Small groups discussion - case study practice

Virtual follow up:

2.5 - 3 hours via Zoom

• Follow up questions
• Video supervision
• Processing specific clinical challenges

Continuing Education TBD

A certificate of participation will be provided after successful completion of the course with a maximum of 15 contact hours awarded.

It is the responsibility of licensees to determine if this continuing education activity meets the requirements of their profession.

Registration

Deadline to register is September 19, 2025.

American Express Cards not accepted.

Please note, no refunds will be issued.

Questions

Please contact Ann Petersen at angela.petersen@unitypoint.org with any questions.