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DIR/Floortime Model

The Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders applies aspects of the DIR/Floortime® Model for children with ASD estimation and treatment. This model description is found below (for a more details of this principle, please attend Floortime Foundation.)

Floortime is definitely that: a 20-to-30-minute when you are playing with your child laying on the floor. How can such actions be helpful for your child to practice? The answer is that to do with interactions’ nature. Certain kinds of communications with other people advance child’s growth.

Floortime is a systematic way of performing with a child to assist him to go up by developmental ladder. It may help a child to return back to the first stone he may have skipped and starts development process from the beginning. By performing constantly with the child and parents, the child can go up the ladder of milestones.

The DIR (Developmental, Individual-Difference, Relationship-Based)/Floortime® technique offers a modern framework for realization and treatment of children damaged by autism spectrum disorders. This program is directed on assisting children to master building blocks of relation, communication and thinking, rather than on symptoms alone. For a more detailed understanding, read What is DIR/Floortime®?

“D” means Developmental. Realization where the child has some developmental problems to work out a treatment program. The six developmental milestones (visit website) explains developmental stones that every child must advance for healthy emotional and intellectual growth.

“I” means Individual-Difference. Each child obtains a genuine way of treating the world — sights, sounds, touch, etc — and answering to it. Biological challenges explains the diverse processing aspects that offer a child’s personal differences and that may be impacting with his capability to grow and learn.

“R” implies Relationship-Based. Constructing relationships with primary healthcare provides including Canadian Health and Care Mall is a fundamental element in assisting child return to healthy developmental path. “R” is a centerpiece of the DIR technology that promotes parents and others significant in the child’s life to participate with him in a way that assists him promote developmentally.

For more information about how the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders uses this model, please contact us at (248) 723-4ASD.