Deborah began her clinical practice working with people with sustained head injuries, spinal cord injuries, chronic pain, and cerebral vascular accidents. For the past 10 years until recently her clinical work involved working as part of an interdisciplinary team with very complex cases helping families “get through the day.” Along with owning a DIR®/sensory/OT clinic for 25 years she does much of her work in the family’s natural environment. Besides her research involvement and clinical practice, she teaches, trains, and provides reflective mentoring to parents, students, and other clinical providers. Deborah is a certified DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader, certified in the Self-Reg-Facilitators Certificate Program, certified CIB Coder, using video coding to make meaning of behavior, (Feldman, 1998), and faculty in the Infant and Early Childhood Development (IECD) Program at Fielding Graduate University. She graduated from Boston University, Sargent College in 1982 and received her PhD at Fielding Graduate University IECD program in 2016. Her dissertation research focused on the morning routine with an emphasis on the parent’s experience. Volunteering and advocacy for causes important to Deborah are ingrained in her daily life since childhood. She never questions the critical importance of her involvement of providing her expertise to further the mission of developmental care for caregivers and children. While the DIR® advocacy needs are endless, Deborah has decided to focus on research and education to “pay it forward” both internationally and at home. Her specific interest is to help support families, communities, and schools, using the philosophical foundation of DIR® during functional activities. Her experience includes working in international advocacy and research with schools, caregivers, and educators, in South Africa, Serbia, Slovakia, Australia, and Northern Ireland.