Profectum Introduces Reduced Tuition for the DIR Foundations Certificate

July 1, 2026

At Profectum, we believe that high-quality DIR education should be available to everyone who wants to build meaningful, relationship-based practice.

Today, we're excited to announce our new Foundations Access Initiative—a strategic, one-year investment designed to make comprehensive, relationship-based DIR education more accessible than ever.

Beginning July 1, tuition for the Profectum DIR Foundations Certificate has been significantly reduced as part of this initiative, making it easier than ever to begin your journey into DIR.

Over the past year, we've introduced a newly redesigned Foundations Certificate that reflects Profectum's commitment to thoughtful, relationship-based education. Through expert Faculty, purposefully small classes, meaningful mentorship, and a carefully sequenced curriculum, learners gain the knowledge, confidence, and community they need to begin applying the DIR Model in meaningful ways.

What has changed is access.

Over the past several months, we've listened carefully to clinicians, educators, students, caregivers, and other professionals who wanted to study DIR but found the cost of training difficult to manage. Again and again, we heard that tuition was keeping passionate learners from taking the first step.

The Foundations Access Initiative is our response.

We believe that when more people have the opportunity to learn the DIR Model, more children, adults, and families benefit. Every new learner strengthens our community and expands the reach of developmental, individualized, relationship-based practice around the world.

For the coming year, we're making this investment because we believe the future of the DIR community depends on welcoming more people into it. Throughout the year, we'll carefully evaluate the impact of this initiative as we continue working toward a strong and sustainable future for Profectum.

Whether you're discovering DIR for the first time or have been waiting for the right moment to begin your training, there's never been a better time to join the Profectum learning community.

Our upcoming Foundations Certificate cohorts begin throughout the summer and fall, and we'd love to welcome you.

If you know a colleague, student, educator, therapist, or caregiver who has been considering DIR training, we hope you'll share this opportunity with them. Together, we can grow a community of professionals committed to supporting development through respectful, individualized, relationship-based practice.

We're excited about what comes next—not only for Profectum, but for the growing community of learners who are helping bring the DIR Model to more children, adults, families, schools, and clinical settings every day.

We hope you'll join us.

For more information about Profectum's DIR Foundations Certificate Program, please visit https://www.profectum.org/course/dir-foundations.