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This introductory course is a practical entry point into DIR/Floortime, the developmental, individual difference, relationship based model. Across three video modules, Kate Bailey, Micah-Lee James and Cheryl Fisher unpack what the model actually asks of us:

how to read a child's functional emotional developmental capacities, how to notice the individual differences in sensory processing, regulation and motor planning that shape how a child engages,

and how the relationship itself becomes the vehicle for development rather than something that sits alongside it.

You will learn to look beneath behaviour for what a child is communicating, to follow a child's lead without losing your therapeutic intent, and to build affect based interactions that stretch development rather than drill skills. The modules are self paced and grounded in real practice, with examples drawn from clinical, classroom and home settings, so that therapists, teachers and parents can each take something usable back into their own context.

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The course consists of three video modules totalling 12 hours, watched online at your own pace. Kate Bailey, Micah-Lee James and Cheryl Fisher present across the three modules. To claim your 12 CPD points, work through all the content and then complete the questionnaire at the end of the course. There is no time pressure and no scheduled sessions, so you can fit it around clinical and family commitments.