Foundations First: What is Sensory and Motor Development, How it Relates to DIR, and Why it Matters
DIR/Floortime-Informed Insights for Parents of Babies and Toddlers By Katy Barnes, OTD, OTR/L Hello and welcome! My name is Katy Barnes, and I am an occupational therapist and parent. I’m passionate about empowering families who are tired of being told to “wait...
Rough and Tumble Play Supports Emotional Regulation
Rough-and-tumble play (or rough-house play) can often feel out-of-control, violent, and overwhelming for parents, especially if their child may have challenges with regulating their emotions. Because of this, it may seem counterintuitive to allow or even promote...
DIR Floortime – How it Helps Children and Families
DIR Floortime is a multi-component intervention to help children with social-emotional, educational, mental health, or developmental differences. When a new family starts treatment at Zier Institute, we love explaining how DIR Floortime helps children and families...
Online Occupational Therapy – Surprising Results
Online occupational therapy may have once seemed like a futuristic concept but in the age of Covid-19, the future is now. Fortunately, technology and the research about the effectiveness of telehealth and occupational teletherapy were ready for this moment. As with...DIR/Floortime and Early Onset Bipolar Patterns in Children
Bipolar disorder clearly exists in adults. And if you look at adults who have bipolar disorder in the U.S., nearly 50% recall having significant mood symptoms in childhood and adolescence.