Conceptualizing Stress as a Core Concept in Development, Situating it as a Main Feature of the Individual Profile, and Exploring Relational Pathways for Mitigating it

Tal Baz, MS, OTR/L is a registered and licensed Occupational Therapist who has practiced as a DIRFloortime® therapist, supervisor and consultant for more than fifteen years and works both nationally and internationally with families, clinicians, and various school systems. She has a clinical practice in Somerville, MA, and is teaching DIRFloortime® courses through the Profectum Foundation, nationally as well as internationally. Her special interests are in sensory-affective regulation, as it develops within the parent-child relational field. Tal has served on the DIR Faculty since 2001.