OUR APPROACH

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Our treatment approach at FutuReady is influenced by the Hanen and Developmental Individual Relationship based DIR®/Floortime™ Model.

 

DIR®/Floortime™

The DIR® model is a framework of development that helps families and therapists design comprehensive therapy programs tailored to meet the specific challenges and strengths of each child. Through understanding your child’s unique preferences and individual differences, the model aims to help families and therapists create strong, natural foundations for all learning. The model outlines that interaction is the key to children’s learning. Strong interactions occur when children’s natural emotions, individual preferences, interests and relationships are acknowledged and used within intervention. This is how typical development occurs and intervention should mirror typical development. For more detailed information on this model, please visit www.icdl.com.

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Hanen® Approach

The Hanen approach is based on the interaction based theory of language development. This method enables parents and professionals to transform their daily interactions with young children to build the best possible lifelong social, language and literacy skills. This includes children with or at risk of language delays and those with developmental challenges such as Autism Spectrum Disorder. Our expert and certified therapists lead Hanen training programs (More Than Words®) for parents. For more detailed information on this approach, please visit www.hanen.org.

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