Dr. Wieder is the Clinical Director and a founding member of the Profectum Foundation, dedicated to advancing the development and infant mental health of all children, including children, adolescents and adults with autism and special needs through training and educational programs. She also co-founded the Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders with the late Stanley Greenspan. Dr. Wieder is a Board Member of Zero to Three and also serves on Advisory Boards to various programs serving infant mental health and other special needs. She established DIR-Israel and provides consultation and training to international and national programs.
As a clinical psychologist, Dr. Wieder has pioneered important approaches to diagnosing and treating infants and toddlers with infant mental health and developmental disorders. She co-developed the DIR Model with Stanley Greenspan, edited two diagnostic manuals for infants and young children, and created models for interdisciplinary post-graduate case based training and work with parents. She has co-chaired and organized national and international conferences integrating development, neuroscience and intervention approaches for nearly 20 years. Dr. Wieder also developed approaches to integrate visual-spatial knowledge to advance emotional and cognitive development. Her research interests concern follow up studies of children on the Autism Spectrum who have received DIR comprehensive interventions and the evaluation of training and educational programs.
Dr. Wieder co-authored Engaging Autism, The Child With Special Needs and Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health with Stanley Greenspan, M.D. They also co-edited Infants in Multi-Risk Families as well as the ICDL Diagnostic Manual for Infants and Young Children (DMIC) and the original Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood (DC 03). Most recently, Dr. Wieder co-authored Visual Spatial Portals to Thinking, Feeling, and Movement with Harry Wachs, O.D. She has published numerous journal and book chapters and presents at multiple conferences nationally and internationally.
At this time, Dr. Wieder also has a private practice in NYC for diagnosis, treatment and consultation regarding complex developmental and mental health challenges.
Serena Wieder, PhD
The DIR model intervention begins with comprehensive assessment of each person’s developmental and interactive capacities and individual differences with the goal of reestablishing the developmental sequence that has been derailed. The primary goal is to establish a relationship that creates interactive, affective opportunities to negotiate the partially mastered or yet to be mastered functional emotional developmental process across all intervention modalities. Rather than focus only on isolated behaviors or skills, the DIR model focuses on the essential developmental processes and differences that underlie particular symptoms, behaviors or learning challenges. This lecture will discuss the basic principles of intervention from following a child’s initiative and intent, meeting each child at his developmental level, to broadening the range of interactive experiences and emotions, to tailoring interactions to the child’s individual differences while mobilizing all levels simultaneously and more. These basic principles and more will provide the guidelines for best practice, monitoring progress and knowing when change is needed as the child grows or progress hits barriers.
The DIR model intervention begins with comprehensive assessment of each person’s developmental and interactive capacities and individual differences with the goal of reestablishing the developmental sequence that has been derailed. The primary goal is to establish a relationship that creates interactive, affective opportunities to negotiate the partially mastered or yet to be mastered functional emotional developmental process across all intervention modalities. Rather than focus only on isolated behaviors or skills, the DIR model focuses on the essential developmental processes and differences that underlie particular symptoms, behaviors or learning challenges. This lecture will discuss the basic principles of intervention from following a child’s initiative and intent, meeting each child at his developmental level, to broadening the range of interactive experiences and emotions, to tailoring interactions to the child’s individual differences while mobilizing all levels simultaneously and more. These basic principles and more will provide the guidelines for best practice, monitoring progress and knowing when change is needed as the child grows or progress hits barriers.
Although all providers in this directory have completed one or more of Profectum’s certificate training courses on the DIR-FCD model, the providers listed in this directory are independent contractors. Providers are not agents nor are they employees and nor are they under the control of Profectum Foundation. Providers are solely responsible for the quality of the services you receive.
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