September 2022 Update
Senate and Assembly pass SB 562 with ZERO no-votes!!
CALLS NEEDED From anyone anywhere to Governor Newsom - 9am-5pm PDST - just say "I support SB 562" -
Join mayors from San Diego to Long Beach to South Pasadena to Pasadena and former mayors asking Governor Newsom to sign SB 562~!
Click here to read the bill author Senator Portantino's Press Announcement
Senate and Assembly pass SB 562 with ZERO no-votes!!
CALLS NEEDED From anyone anywhere to Governor Newsom - 9am-5pm PDST - just say "I support SB 562" -
Join mayors from San Diego to Long Beach to South Pasadena to Pasadena and former mayors asking Governor Newsom to sign SB 562~!
Click here to read the bill author Senator Portantino's Press Announcement
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Parents like Gina Peters and Kristin Schinella |
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who travel to Sacramento to speak out to the legislature about their child's success with DIR/Floortime
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professionals like tiffany smith |
parents like caitlin welsh |
advocates like jim lantry |
who could provide more evidence-based treatment to families and train other professionals if we could provide the support to help her complete her DIR certification
Professionals like Ziba Nassab AND Tessa Graham
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who develop agencies providing a variety of services based in DIR/Floortime principles
who are educating and petitioning their Kaiser and other health plans to meet their children's urgent needs for intervention tailored to their individual needs
Professionals like Ben Zequeira-Russell and Kristi Gose
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who are extending their agencies into underserved counties in the state where no other DIR/Floortime services exist
Researchers like Josh Feder
who are expanding the evidence base for developmental treatment approaches
who keep protecting our freedom to practice evidence-based approaches by carrying the message of parent and prescriber choice forward to new legislators, public agencies, and insurance companies
Healthcare providers like Diane Cullinane and Andrea Davis
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who train new professionals and expand the types of DIR-based programs and services for kids and young adults in their community
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Countless families who have lost funding or have never been offered funding for DIR/Floortime
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OUR MISSION: We are the DIR/Floortime Coalition of California --- parents, families, and professionals promoting parent and family choice in treatments. We are spreading the word about evidence-supported developmental approaches to intervention such as DIR/Floortime to help autistic people across the lifespan along with those with other developmental challenges. We are committed to expanding awareness, access to, and use of developmental approaches through education, fundraising, research, networking, and policy advocacy. |
