The Heart of DIRFloortime®: The R and Genuine Affect

This episode, I’m speaking with clinical psychologist, Dr. Amanda Kriegel from Floortime Atlanta and Morgan Weissman from the Rebecca School about their presentation at the recent DIRFloortime® conference which was entitled, “The “R” in DIR: The Heart of Supporting Connection and Growth“. Dr. Kriegel is also a mother of two teens and has been on the Board of Directors for the International Council on Development and Learning (ICDL), the home of DIRFloortime®, for five years. Morgan Weissman is an Occupational Therapist and a Floortime consultant at the Rebecca School in Manhattan and also works with families privately through Occuplay. Both are DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leaders.Link to the full blog post with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the podcast here: https://affectautism.com/2021/01/16/heart/Caregivers: Consider joining our DIR® Parent Network for support from a like-minded community of Floortimers here: https://www.icdl.com/parents