PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS

Presentations and workshops for parents and/or professionals are available. Learning objectives and curricula are tailored to meet the needs of each group.  Sample presentation topics include:

  • DIR Floortime®

  • Parent and professional coaching

  • Working with families

  • Play and interaction

  • Autism

  • Self-regulation

PAST PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOPS, AND PODCASTS

  • Shall We Dance?: Using the DIR Framework to Understand the Power of Parent-child Play and Interaction — STAR Institute Virtual Summit (2023)

  • Supporting Parents in DIRFloortime® — Affect Autism Podcast (2020)

  • Parent Coaching Part 1: Fostering Meaningful Collaboration between Clinicians and Families — STAR Institute (2019)

  • Parent Coaching Part 2: Fostering Meaningful Collaboration between Clinicians and Families — STAR Institute (2019)

  • Self-Regulation Starts With Us — Affect Autism Podcast (2018)

  • A Teenager and His Fascination with Pokemon, Rap Battles, and Paronomasia: A Case Study —ICDL Annual Conference (2016)

  • Looking at Resilience through a Self-Reg Lens — Canadian Mental Health Association Peel Dufferin (2016)

  • Self-Regulation In the Early Years — YMCA Ontario Early Years Centre (2016)

  • Looking at Anxiety through a Self-Reg Lens — Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board (2016)

  • Self-Regulation in Childhood: Reframing Our Lens — Canadian Paedistric Society 91st Annual Conference (2014)

  • Self-Regulation in Childhood: What Does It Mean for My Child/Student — University of Albany’s Center for Autism and Related Disabilities Annual Conference (2014)

  • Self-Regulation: What Is It and How Do We Support It In the Classroom? — Halton District School Board (2014)

  • Calm, Alert, and Learning — Thames Valley District School Board (2013)

  • Calm, Alert, and Learning — Niagara Falls District School Board (2013)

  • Self-Regulation in the Classroom at at Home: Where do I start? — Autism Canada Conference (2013)

  • Fostering shared frameworks: An integrated multidisciplinary approach to working with children and their families — Infant Mental Health Promotion National Institute (2013)

  • Engaging Families — Canadian Self-Regulation Initiative (2013)

  • Early Childhood and Social Services: What do they have in common? — University of Guelph-Humber (2013)

  • Self-Regulation in the Classroom — Sioux Mountain Public School (2013)

  • Role of Self-Regulation in Working with Children and Families — Rainbow District School Board (2013)

  • The Central Role of Parents within the MEHRI-Treatment Model — Montreal Autism in Motion 2012 Conference (2012)

  • Theoretical and Clinical Perspectives on the Importance of Play and Interaction for Young Children — George Brown College 9th Annual Summer Institute on Early Childhood Development (2012)

  • Role of Self-Regulation in Working with Children and Families — George Brown College (2012)

  • Importance of Regulation — ICDL Annual Conference (2011)

  • Child Development Disorders in Contexts of Poverty and Violence — Medellin Colombia (2011)