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Regulatory, sensory, and motor challenges are now widely recognized as the earliest red flags for children at risk for ASD and related disorders. These deficits impact functional motor skill development, and also have a profound impact on ideation, communication, and social-emotional development. This presentation will review the current literature on these early signs and discuss treatment strategies geared to home-based intervention. Key principles of the D.I.R./Floortime model, a multidisciplinary approach, which emphasizes parent participation in the treatment process will be discussed and demonstrated using lecture and video examples. Participants will learns how to meaningfully involve parents in the treatment process using joyful play interactions while addressing the young child’s functional challenges. This workshop is geared toward occupational therapists, speech and language pathologists, and developmental therapists who work with infants and young children.
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