The Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies

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• DePoy and Gilson Appointed as Senior Research Fellows at Ono Academic College in Israel
   
• CCIDS Research Associate Alan Kurtz Developing Curriculum for Supporting Employment for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders
   
• CCIDS Co-Sponsors Five-County Conference to Encourage Investment in Maine Families and Children

• CCIDS Director Invited to Serve on Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) Strategic Planning Workgroup
   
• Gilson & DePoy Awarded Faculty Fellowships for 2008 Summer Institute in Israel
   
• Mason New President-Elect of National Organization
   
• CCIDS Honors Maine Attorney General for Public Policy Change in Inclusive Early Care and Education
   
• Blagojevic Article Appears in New NAEYC Publication

CCIDS Hosts Workshops on DIR®/Floortime™ Model for Treating Children with Autism

(August 2008) The University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies (CCIDS) recently hosted two workshops on the DIR® (Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship-Based)/Floortime™ model for understanding and treating children challenged by autism spectrum and related disorders. This approach focuses on helping children master the building blocks of relating, communicating, and thinking. Both workshops were presented by Kathleen A. Platzman, Ph.D., a licensed psychologist and faculty member of the Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders (ICDL), founded by Stanley Greenspan, M.D., and Serena Wieder, Ph.D.

Fifty professionals who serve young children with disabilities attended the 3-day workshop, Putting DIR®/Floortime™ Into Action, and will be part of an ongoing peer-coaching group that will meet regularly over the coming year. Platzman also facilitated an afternoon workshop, An Introduction to DIR®/Floortime™, for approximately sixty parents, teachers, service coordinators, and public school and early intervention personnel interested in learning more about the DIR®/Floortime™ approach.

Presentation materials and workshop photos will be posted online soon.

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