All Children Can Learn

Lindsey McDowell

Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at 7:30 pm Eastern Time

Scheduled Date: 9/26; 10/3; 10/10; 10/17

4 session | 1.5 hours per session | Weekly

Online via Zoom

Description

This course is designed to provide specialized instruction to educators, parents, and therapists on how to integrate the principles of DIRFloortime® with best practices in education. We will engage in discussions and reflections that lead to views of our existing knowledge and practices as they relate to student learning. Discussions for each class will center around a Functional Emotional Developmental Level and how we can use that level to support and promote academic growth with our children. Reflective problem-solving and collaboration around experiences will be considered in order to learn how to create a learning environment for our students that is unique to their individual needs.

Learning Objectives

Describe how learning and the DIR® principles can be aligned and used to promote academic development

Explain the reasons why regulation, shared attention, and engagement are critical for learning

Learn how to create meaningful hands-on learning opportunities for your students/children

Who should attend?

Educators, parents, and any discipline-specific therapist.

Lindsey McDowell is an experienced Special Education Teacher with a demonstrated history of working in primary and high school special education classrooms. She is skilled in Elementary Education, Special Education, Classroom Management, Teaching, Lesson Planning, and DIRFloortime®. Lindsey is an education professional with a Bachelor’s Degree focused in Elementary Education and teaching with Middle School Language Arts and Social Science Endorsements from the University of St. Francis. She holds an LBS1 license and has taught in a private self-contained school for children with special needs for 9 years. Lindsey has a Profectum Level 2 Certificate.