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We believe that a person’s growth and development depend on incorporating new learning and experiences to get to the next stage of development. Similarly, we believe that the intervention approaches that parents and practitioners use to help individuals with special needs also must advance and evolve to incorporate new ideas, new knowledge and reflect the most up-to-date research – they should never be static. Profectum recognizes the reality that parents, early intervention programs and schools currently use a number of different intervention approaches – each of which has its own strengths and weaknesses in addressing an individual’s needs. Our Foundational Capacities for Development™ (FCD™) provides an integrative framework to help parents and practitioners determine how to integrate different approaches to help an individual with special needs address his/her barrier/challenge at specific stages of development. Profectum embraces the Developmental, Individual Differences, Relationship (DIR®/Floortime™) model at its core. Our faculty of nearly 60 professionals (including Serena Wieder who co-created the DIR® model with Stanley Greenspan and started ICDL’s DIR® Institute) collectively has over 1000+ years of experience working with individuals with special needs more>> |
Training for Professionals & Parents |
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At the core of Profectum Foundation's mission is the quality training of many practitioners and parents. We will offer everything from introductory courses on our approach to certificate and eventually degree programs. Our programs are designed to meet the needs of the individual learner by providing easy to access, state-of-the-art courses and interactive webinars to participants anywhere in the world. |
Intervention Approaches |
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It's not either, or, but which, whenToday we have an abundance of treatment models for children with autism and other special needs. Yet, we know every child is unique and no one approach is right for all children as they grow. At Profectum we believe in putting the unique needs of the individual child first - what does this child need at this place and time in his or her development? Too often parents making important choices for their child are overwhelmed and confused by the options. Others have to avail themselves to the limited resources in their area. Many times practitioners are trained in only one model rather than across disciplines and models. At Profectum we want to open the dialogue between practitioners, educators, and parents in order to be able to integrate intervention approaches based on knowing who the child is, understanding his or her individual needs, and making changes as needed. Meeting each child at his or her developmental level through relationship based interventions provides the pathway to advancing emotional and intellectual development. |
Introducing Profectum |
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Profectum Means "Progress"Like-minded professionals in the field of child development are coming together to move beyond the limitations of single approaches to integrate interventions that support each child's unique needs throughout the lifespan. Profectum has been created by parents who have a child with an Autism Spectrum Disorder or other "Special Needs", in partnership with leading experts from the fields of: Medicine, Psychology, Mental Health, Early Intervention, Speech and Language, Occupational and Physical Therapy, and Education. While there are many great organizations and treatment approaches available for autism and children with special needs - Profectum is different in one key way: We are looking ahead, putting today and tomorrow at the forefront of our efforts. |
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