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Episodes
A Closer Look at Impulsivity
06 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Strategies Don’t Support Growth
09 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader, Clinical Psychologist, founder of the developmental transition service called Dirty Hands Developmental Allian...
Promoting Symbolic Thinking in Small Group Settings
25 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
From Ambiguous Loss to Acceptance
11 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Clinical psychologist, author, and father, Dr. Robert Naseef joins us to discuss the ambiguous loss parents feel when their child is diagnosed with au...
Applying the DIR® Model in a Public School
02 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, we follow up our feature on schools that are using the Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) model, or DIRFl...
Incorporating DIR Goals into the Individual Education Plan (IEP)
28 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Regulation Challenges through the Developmental Capacities
14 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Importance of Preverbal Affective Signalling
30 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, Licensed Mental Health Counselor and DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader, Gene Christian in Spokane, Washington is back with us to r...
Uniquely Human
16 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Speech-Language Pathologist, Brown University faculty member, and Director of Childhood Communication Services (CCS), Dr. Barry Prizant joins us thi...
Floortime with Family and Small Groups
02 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we have a new guest from Fresno, California. Kristy Gose is an Infant Family Mental Health Specialist, a Developmental, Individual differ...
A Developmental Approach Overview
23 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Ira Glovinsky provides wonderful examples and analogies for parents and professionals working with children on the autism spectrum, or with emotio...
Fostering independence
19 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Shift Towards Developmental Approaches
05 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Floortime Review
22 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
FOODTIME: A developmental approach to picky and rigid eating
08 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The P.L.A.Y. Project
24 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Joining us this episode is developmental, behavioural pediatrician Dr. Rick Solomon who is the medical director and founder of the P.L.A.Y. Project...
Sensory and Developmental Poetry Workshops
10 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What is Scripting All About?
27 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Joining us this episode is Jehan Shehata-Aboubakr, a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) at Clinical Communication Consultants in Thornhill, Ontario (...
A Review of Developmental Social Pragmatic Interventions
22 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Focusing on Regulation
08 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Remediation versus Accommodation
25 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Occupational therapist, DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader, and owner of A Total Approach just outside Philadelphia, Maude Le Roux discusses the ...
Dirty Hands Developmental Alliance
11 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
From Dysregulation to Intent
25 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Licensed Mental Health Counselor and DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader Gene Christian joins us from Spokane, Washington this episode to share how ...
And then comes puberty…
04 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Supporting the Development of Self-Regulation
21 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Foundation for Regulation
17 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The new Connection Coder app
03 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Floortime Tips for Behavioural Challenges at Home
05 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Behavioural challenges can pop up from time to time in our children and this is to be expected. But sometimes, even when we read behaviour as communi...
Floortime Tips for Behavioural Challenges at School
22 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Behavioural challenges can pop up from time to time in our children and this is to be expected. But sometimes, even when we read behaviour as communi...
Theory of Mind is Developmental
24 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Maude Le Roux returns this episode to discuss theory of mind: what it is, why it’s important, and how to foster its development in our children wi...
Self-Regulation Starts With Us
10 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Self-Reg and DIRFloortime®
27 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, Dr. Stuart Shanker speaks with us about how Self-Reg® came about. Self-regulation is the first functional emotional developmental ...
Dhamma and DIR
13 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, child and family psychiatrist, Dr. Joshua Feder, who is also a DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader, returns to share some insights...
Growth and Gaming
30 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Affect Is Your #1 Resource to Connect with Your Child
16 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Affect refers to the emotional messaging that expresses our ideas and emotions. It’s our authentic expression in our communication such as the to...
Circles of Communication in Floortime
02 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We develop within emotional relationships with our primary caregivers. This development progresses as a result of emotional exchanges between child an...
Can You Teach Emotions?
18 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A lot of programs and workshops attempt to teach emotions to children, but all you can really teach a child is how to label emotions. To learn what an...
Why Challenging and Expanding Are Essential for Human Growth
04 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In order to facilitate our autistic or developmentally different child's growth using the Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-base...
Being Versus Doing
21 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jackie Bartell is back with us this episode for a fantastic discussion about a concept so essential to the Developmental, Individual differences, Rel...
Floortime Feedback
07 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Early Social-Emotional Capacities
30 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Autism and Medication
23 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Floortime through Music Therapy
16 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Little Scientist: Progression of Cause-and-Effect Play
09 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Virginia Spielmann from the Star Institute discusses the progression of cause and effect play in a child with developmental differences. Where it can ...
The Joy in Communicating
02 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Can Visual Prompts About Time Promote Understanding in Floortime?
26 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How and when visual aids can be helpful in a developmental approach with autistic children or children with developmental differences and/or motor pla...
Floortime Follow-up
19 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sensory Lifestyle
12 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Avoiding the blame in Floortime
05 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Maude Le Roux’s new Functional Developmental Autism Assessment Protocol
19 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Promoting Capacities 4 and 5 with Floortime
05 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How a caregiver’s regulation affects the child’s regulation
22 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Floortime all day, anywhere
18 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Repetition in autism therapy: A closer look
04 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Facilitating Process-Oriented Learning With Developmental Capacity In Mind: The Just-Right Challenge
21 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Those using the Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) model for children with developmental differences, including autism,...
Process-Oriented Learning Inspires Relating, Communicating, and Thinking
13 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Those using the Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) model for children with developmental differences, including autism,...
Applying the DIR Model in a Public School
30 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Threshold Community Program: DIR for adolescents and young adults
23 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Rebecca School: Relationships are the Foundation of Learning
02 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
With our focus on schools that incorporate the Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) model, we spoke with the Educational...
Foundation Academics: What Is It?
18 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Foundation Academics for children with developmental differences, including autism, refers to strengthening the early functional emotional development...
Developmental growth spurts: What to expect
05 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Floortime Analysis
31 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Link to the full blog post with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the podcast here: https://affectautism.com/2017/01/31/an...
The Building Blocks of Motor Planning
20 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a complement to last year’s post entitled, Motor Planning and Sequencing Challenges in Children with Developmental Differences whi...
What Does Following the Child's Lead Really Mean?
16 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In DIRFloortime® we “follow the child’s lead”. This statement has been one of the most misunderstood aspects of the practice. It does not mean ...
Moving Up and Down Developmentally
19 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The goal in DIRFloortime® for children with developmental differences including autism is to challenge the child with just enough playful tension, wh...
Setting Appropriate Limits and Expectations by Respecting Where Your Child Is At, Developmentally
05 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Before children reach the capacity to be abstract in their thinking, you have to take the responsibility for their behaviour rather than punishing or ...
Self-Reflection in Floortime
12 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We present a tool from the User’s Guide to the Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) Model, the book we discussed a few ...
Slowing Down and Stretching Out Interactions
17 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) model and Floortime, we can keep our children in a longer back-and-forth inte...
Stumbling Blocks in Floortime at FEDC 6: Fostering Logical Thinking and Building Bridges between Ideas
09 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We can support children with developmental differences, including autism, begin to make logical connections between ideas by challenging them to wonde...
A User’s Guide to the Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) Model
02 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features an interview with Dr. Andrea Davis about her co-authored book, Floortime Strategies to Promote Development in Children and Teens...
A User’s Guide to the Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR) Model
02 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Stumbling Blocks in Floortime at FEDC 5: Inspiring the Expression of Ideas and Feelings
26 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Expand the emotional range of a child with developmental differences to promote symbolic understanding and emotionally-rich pretend play by modelling ...
Stumbling Blocks in Floortime at FEDC 4: Encouraging Shared Problem-Solving
19 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
By playfully enticing your child with developmental differences to stay with an interaction, using high affect and creating pleasurable experiences–...
Stumbling Blocks in Floortime at FEDC 3: Encouraging Intentional Emotional Interactions
12 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
By staying "in it" with your differently developing child, using high affect and creating pleasurable experiences–even being a "playf...
Stumbling Blocks in Floortime at FEDC 2: Fostering Engaging and Relating
05 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Tips for parents or practitioners working with autistic children or children with developmental differences to engage with their child and ways to rel...
Motor Planning and Sequencing Challenges in Children with Developmental Differences
17 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This episode discusses motor planning and sequencing challenges neurodivergent children can have that involve ideation, planning and execution. Exampl...
Stumbling Blocks in Floortime at FEDC 1: Facilitating Shared Attention and Regulation
11 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
How do you promote your child's developmental when they tantrum, appear to ignore you, seem to be stuck in repetitive behaviour, are violent, over...
Co-Regulation in Floortime: How to Interact with a Dysregulated Child
28 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
By seeing their distress heard and felt by us in the DIRFloortime® approach, our children can move away from catastrophic emotional reactions to a se...
The Interaction of the D, the I, and the R in the Floortime Session
19 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The success of the practice of the Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) model and Floortime lies in the implementation of...
The Nuts and Bolts of the Floortime Session
13 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
How to do Floortime with your child by meeting your child where they are developmentally, respecting unique sensory processing differences, and sharin...
Starting DIRFloortime® With Your Child: Where Is Your Child Developmentally?
05 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In the developmental approach called DIRFloortime®, we consider the child's developmental capacities in order to meet the child where they are at...
Starting DIRFloortime® With Your Child: Step 1 Is the Sensory Processing Profile
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In the developmental approach, DIRFloortime®, we individualize our play to the child's unique sensory processing profile which describes how a child ...
Floortime as a Family Approach
22 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
A family with a child who requires extra support including autism is really a family requiring extra support who needs to play to the strengths of eac...
Introduction to Floortime
15 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In DIRFloortime®, a developmental approach to supporting individuals with developmental differences, including those with an autism diagnosis, we cre...
The R in the DIR® Model: Relationship-Based
09 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The R in the DIR® model is the relationship-based part of the model. The R describes the learning relationships with caregivers, educators, therapis...
The I in the DIR® Model: Individual Differences
02 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This post I’ll talk about something so essential to the DIR® model: Individual differences. Dr. Stanley Greenspan’s writing is so easy to read...
The D in the DIR® Model: Development
25 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This post is about the D in the Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR®) model: The functional emotional developmental capaci...
It’s All About Affect
18 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Human beings learn and develop within relationships, through emotional interactions with their primary caregivers, so in DIRFloortime®, we can ...