Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders
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The Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders is a non profit organization founded by #REDIRECT Stanley Greenspan M.D and Serena Wieder PhD. A pioneer in its work advance the identification, prevention, and treatment of developmental and learning disorders. Through its research, training and publications, ICDL extends knowledge of developmental processes and provides a framework (DIR®/Floortime Model) for understanding and improving interventions with infants, children and adults with challenges in relating, communicating and thinking, including autism spectrum disorders.
* Vision: To redefine and promote each child’s development to their fullest potential * Mission: To engage in, develop, conduct, support, and disseminate programs, research, seminars, and publications on the prevention and treatment of emotional and development disorders in infancy and childhood * Goal: To integrate knowledge and competencies from different disciplines and improve prevention, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of emotional and developmental disorders in infancy and childhood by implementing coordinated promotion, prevention and intervention activities at the family, community, and policy level, guided by a comprehensive human development bio-psycho-social (DIR®/Floortime™) model
It has [ongoing research] and onsite learning for Floortime Approach.
== Articles
== * Wieder S. & Greenspan SI (2005). "Can Children with Autism Master the Core Deficits and Become Empathetic, Creative, and Reflective? A Ten to Fifteen Year Follow-Up of a Subgroup of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Who Received a Comprehensive Developmental, Individual-Difference, Relationship-Based (DIR) Approach" The Journal of Developmental and Learning Disorders, Volume 9. Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders.Download PDF * Gernsbacher MA (2003). Is One Style of Early Behavioral Treatment for Autism “Scientifically Proven”? The Journal of Developmental and Learning Disorders, Volume 7. Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders. Download PDF * Bialystock E, Sherry SB, Shanker S, Codd J. (2003) Executive Function Deficits in Children with Autism. Journal of Developmental and Learning Disorders, Volume 7. Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders. Download PDF * Sparrow J (2002). Touchpoints and DIR®: Common Ground. Journal of Developmental and Learning Disorders, Volume 6. Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders. Download PDF * Tsakiris E (2001). Evaluating Effective Interventions for Children with Autism and Related Disorders: Widening the View and Changing the Perspective. Clinical Practice Guidelines: Chapter 8. Functional developmental Approach to Intervention Research. Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders. Download PDF * Greenspan SI (2001). The Affect Diathesis Hypothesis. The Role of Emotions in the Core Deficit in Autism and in the Development of Intelligence and Social Skills. Journal of Developmental and Learning Disorders, Volume 5. Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders. Download PDF * Wieder S, Greenspan SI (2003). Climbing the Symbolic Ladder in the DIR® Model Through Floor Time/Interactive Play. Autism, Vol 7, 425-435. Read abstract at http://aut.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/7/4/425 * Greenspan SI (2003). Child Care Research: A Clinical Perspective. Child Development 74 (4), 1064-1068Read abstract at http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1467-8624.00591 * Simpson GA, Colpe L, Greenspan SI. (2003). Measuring Functional Developmental Delay in Infants and Young Children: Prevalence Rates from the NHIS-D. Paediatric and Perinatology Epidemiology 17 (1) 68-80 read abstract at http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1365-3016.2003.00459.x
New Published Study
Evaluation of a Training Program for Young Children with Autism: The Michigan P.L.A.Y. Project Home Consultation Model. Solomon R, Necheles JW, Ferch C, & Bruckman D. Autism, Vol 11(3), 205-224, 2007.
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