Clinical Director and Co-Founder of the CDPL (The Center for Developmental Play and Learning) / Pat Marquart has worked in the field of child development and therapeutic intervention programs for over 30 years. She worked in the Therapeutic Nursery School Program in the Child Psychiatry Department of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for 9 years, working with families and children with a variety of developmental disorders, including autism. Ms. Marquart has also worked in private practice and was Director of a program called “First Friends,” which provided services to children with autism and related disorders, using the DIR/Floortime model. She is a DIR model Certified therapist specializing in services to children with ASD and is on the staff of the Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders (ICDL) and the Southern California Regional DIR model Institute. Ms. Marquart has made many presentations to schools and professional organizations over the past years.
This workshop will present an intensive look at the rationale and process of a therapeutic play group for the siblings of children with ASD. This playgroup, offered to siblings of children enrolled in our DIR Floortime® program at the Center for Developmental Play and Learning (CDPL) gave siblings a better understanding of the DIR model: what we do, why we do it and how it helps their own family. This workshop will review the “nuts and bolts” of creating a sibling playgroup with emphasis on programming that supports siblings to be more connected to their own feelings and to their family. The group ran for a time-limited series of sessions, with follow up sessions planned at future intervals.
This workshop will present an intensive look at the rationale and process of a therapeutic play group for the siblings of children with ASD. This playgroup, offered to siblings of children enrolled in our DIR Floortime® program at the Center for Developmental Play and Learning (CDPL) gave siblings a better understanding of the DIR model: what we do, why we do it and how it helps their own family. This workshop will review the “nuts and bolts” of creating a sibling playgroup with emphasis on programming that supports siblings to be more connected to their own feelings and to their family. The group ran for a time-limited series of sessions, with follow up sessions planned at future intervals.
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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