Integrating Art Therapy and Floortime to Support Social & Emotional Development, Communication and Self-Expression in Autism Spectrum Disorders in an Educational Setting
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Integrating Art Therapy and Floortime to Support Social & Emotional Development, Communication and Self-Expression in Autism Spectrum Disorders in an Educational Setting
Dr. Michele Havens is currently the DIR Consultant to the Imagine Academy, a school for children with ASD, utilizing DIR-Floortime and ABA. Dr. Havens is a full time Professor at Kean University in Union, NJ, and adjunct at Montclair State University, in Montclair, NJ. She works privately as an advocate for families of children with disabilities, and is also a speaker at numerous conferences on special education, Autism and early childhood development. Dr. Havens was previously the teacher/coordinator/parent group facilitator of the Verona Preschool Intervention Program, a preschool disabilities program in Essex County, NJ.
Faith Condon Thayer, PhD, LPC, LCAT, ATR-BC is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (LCAT). Faith is a Registered Board Certified (BC) Art Therapist (ATR) and ICDL (Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders) approved Training Leader & Expert DIR® Floortime™ Provider. Faith is She is the Director of Mental Health and DIR® Floortime™ at the Imagine Academy for Autism in Brooklyn. Faith is also an Assistant Professor in the Graduate Program in Special Education at Daemen College - TTI.
This presentation will focus on two interventions, an interactive Floortime approach and Creative Arts therapy. The integrated use of creative and developmental interventions was critical to the development of the Imagine Academy curriculum, particularly due to the complex challenges of students, their anxieties and need to increase self-confidence. Together they could address core components of ASD, including: motor planning and sequencing, executive functioning, developing relationships, capacity for empathy, and affective reciprocity. The principles of creative arts therapy and Floortime will be discussed, followed by techniques to incorporate both into a learning environment in one-to-one situations and group experiences for students across ages and developmental levels. We will provide guidelines for using this intervention in other programs.
This presentation will focus on two interventions, an interactive Floortime approach and Creative Arts therapy. The integrated use of creative and developmental interventions was critical to the development of the Imagine Academy curriculum, particularly due to the complex challenges of students, their anxieties and need to increase self-confidence. Together they could address core components of ASD, including: motor planning and sequencing, executive functioning, developing relationships, capacity for empathy, and affective reciprocity. The principles of creative arts therapy and Floortime will be discussed, followed by techniques to incorporate both into a learning environment in one-to-one situations and group experiences for students across ages and developmental levels. We will provide guidelines for using this intervention in other programs.
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