• Offer caring, confidential and individualized psychotherapeutic approaches to emotional, behavioral and phase of life challenges for all ages!
• Provide treatment for children, adolescents and adults, including couples and families.
• Feature developmentally sensitive solutions for children with special needs, birth to age 18, and their families, utilizing DIR® and Floortime developmental therapies.
• Provide regional and national trainings to agencies, clinics and educators on working with children with autistic spectrum disorders and other neurodevelopmental issues, and children with emotional, behavioral and social skill challenges.
• Offer parent education, inclusion, social skill groups and classroom management in-services to schools and agencies serving children and their faimilies
DIR® Summer Training Institute, Bolger Conference Center, Maryland: "Supporting Parents of Children with Special Needs" (7/7/10)
Summer Buddy Day Camp, Monterey, CA: A therapeutic developmentally oriented social skills and emotional growth small group "day camp" experience for children with communication and relationship challenges. "Beginning Buddies 1" (ages 4-6) will meet Tues & Thurs. mornings, and "Big Buddies 2" (ages 6-10) will meet Thurs. & Fri. mornings.
Pending...
"Understanding and Treating Children with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder," Monterey, CA, Oct 23: A half-day (am) training for mental health and other related professionals. Please email ldefaria@sbcglobal.com for more information and registration material.
"Developmentally-based Therapies for Children with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder," Monterey, CA. Oct. 23 (tentative): A half-day (afternoon) training for mental health and other related professionals. Please email ldefaria@sbcglobal.com for more information and registration material.
