What is DIR/Floortime?
DIR (Developmental, Individual-Difference, Relationship-Based)/Floortime model provides a comprehensive framework for understanding and supporting children’s development. It is ideally suited to children with developmental delays, including speech delays, motor delays, sensory integrative dysfunction, autism spectrum and related disorders, Downs Syndrome, cerebral palsy, as well as rare syndromes. It focuses on helping children master the building blocks of relating, communicating and thinking, rather than on symptoms alone “D” is for Developmental. Understanding where the child is developmentally is critical to supporting their growth and development along the functional developmental capacities identified by Drs. Greenspan and Wieder. There are six milestones that identify what every child must master for healthy emotional and intellectual growth. · Shared Attention and Regulation · Intimacy and Engagement · Purposeful Two-Way Communication · Complex Communication · Emotional Ideas ·
