Profectum Foundation and Fielding Graduate University, two organizations offering education and advanced training, have signed an articulation agreement to collaborate and expand the outreach of both clinical practice as well as research. This agreement is the beginning of a relationship that aims to benefit practitioners and families interested in fostering a developmental approach to children with neurodiversity and their families.

• Fielding Graduate University Program and Profectum Foundation Clinical Training Program Jointly Expand on

• Opportunities for Research, Education, and Practice Furthers Developmental Theory, Assessment, and Intervention Serving Children with Neurodiversity and their Families

Fielding Graduate University’s Infant and Early Childhood Development (IECD) doctoral program and Profectum's clinical training program entered into this academic agreement to provide students expanded opportunities for both increased academic study and research, and certification, respectively.

The Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship-based Model, by Drs. Stanley Greenspan and Serena Wieder, has served as a philosophical foundation for the IECD program from its inception. The model is used by occupational and physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers and other mental health practitioners, neurologists, pediatricians, and special education teachers as an assessment/ intervention for children with neurodiversity, such as autism, emotional and sensory regulation challenges, and developmental delays, and their families.