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Meet the speakers of the International Conference DIRFloortime Ukraine 2024!
Jeffrey Guenzel (USA)
Jeffrey Guenzel (USA)
Jeffrey Guenzel, EdD, DIR-Expert, has been leading the International Council on Development and Learning (ICDL) and Director of the DIR® Institute since 2013. He is a professional counselor and has worked as a counselor for over 30 years. He was formerly the Deputy Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Children and Families and Director of the New Jersey Division of Child Behavioral Health. He lectures and provides consultation throughout the United States and internationally on autism, child development, mental health, and program development. You can learn more about Dr. Guenzel at jeffreyguenzel.com
Contact: jguenzel@icdl.com
Colette Ryan (USA)
Colette Ryan (USA)
Dr. Colette Ryan is a DIRFloortime expert and training leader for ICDL. She has a Ph.D. in Infant and Early Childhood Development and is an Infant Mental Health Fellow at Montclair State University. Her expertise is in DIR and parental self-efficacy. Colette Ryan has spoken at many conferences on topics including infant mental health, DIRFloortime, grief in the young child, discipline, play, and child development. She was a speaker at multiple conferences in the US, and in Kyiv, Hong Kong, and Tokyo.
Contact: cryan@icdl.com
Joshua Feder (USA)
Joshua Feder (USA)
Dr. Joshua Feder is a child and family psychiatrist in Solana Beach, California. He is Editor in Chief at the Carlat Child Psychiatry Report and Executive Medical Director at Positive Development, a company that is building insurance-based developmental relationship-based support for families. Dr. Feder is a senior faculty member with ICDL and Profectum, he teaches and conducts research with UCSD, SDSU and Fielding Graduate University, and he develops technology to support and study relationship-based interventions as Medical Director in the SymPlay division of Quicksilver Software. Dr. Feder is both the father and the son of autistic people and he advocates nationally and internationally on access to care for all Evidence Based Practices. Many of Dr. Feder’s podcasts and lectures can be found online at joshuafedermd.com
Contact: contact@joshuafedermd.com
Rosemary White (USA)
Rosemary White (USA)
Rosemary completed her Occupational Therapy Degree in Australia. She received her Neurodevelopmental Therapy training in London with the Bobaths, Sensory Integration training in Los Angeles with Dr. A Jean Ayres as an OT in her clinic & her training in DIR (Floortime) with Stanley Greenspan, MD & Serena Wieder, PhD & the Faculty of ICDL & Profectum. Rosemary is Senior Faculty with Profectum, and an Expert Trainer with ICDL.
She brings this wealth of knowledge into her clinical work with every child and their family.
She embraces Neuro Affirming practice as she works with Neurodiverse children and their caregivers. In her work with children she integrates her understanding of the child’s motor and sensory processing into supporting their interactions with others and with the environment around them. In her work with children and their families she focuses on supporting the parent and the child, moment to moment, in their day-to-day activities with sensitivity to the unique individual profile of everyone in the interaction.
Rosemary owns & operates Pediatric Physical & Occupational Therapy Services in Seattle, Washington. Over the past 4 years she has embraced DIR OT for families via Telehealth and in person both in the Seattle area and other countries.
In addition to her clinical work, Rosemary provides training of treatment methodology in online & in person courses, Profectum Certificate Courses both nationally and internationally including Canada, Europe, United Kingdom, Turkey, Israel, South Africa, Brazil, Taiwan, Peru, Ukraine, Russia & Australia. She also provides reflective supervision to professionals both nationally and internationally.
Rosemary’s goal is to create a meaningful & functional learning experience for all in her treatment with children and their parents, her consultations and in her trainings.
Contact: rosemary.pedptot@gmail.com, Facebook
Dewi K. Utama (Indonesia)
Dewi K. Utama (Indonesia)
I'm a pediatrician, was trained in Sensory Integration Theory and Practice (from Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California) and became a DIR Training Leader at the end of 2012. I have been helping children at my private practice in a Play Therapy Program, based in DIR-Floortime Model, I have also been coaching their parents. In collaboration with ICDL, I have been supporting other professionals who are interested in learning the program, either for their own children or for supporting their own clients.
Contact: dewi.k.utama@gmail.com
Galina Itskovich (USA)
Galina Itskovich (USA)
MSW, LCSW-R, DIR-expert and trainer. Has many years of experience in consulting children and families, working with psychological trauma. Galina is a writer and editor for "Mental Health: Global Challenges", psychotherapist for the video project "Healing Hidden Wounds", leader of "On The Move", a support project for mothers of neurodiverse children as a part of a refugee support program.
Contact: galaitsk@gmail.com
Anzhela Zaiets (Ukraine)
Anzhela Zaiets (Ukraine)
Clinical psychologist, Gestalt therapist and supervisor, DIR-expert and trainer, head of the first Floortime Center in Ukraine, president of the Ukrainian Association of Floortime Specialists DIRFloortime Ukraine. Has 11 years of experience working with children, adults, and families.
Since 2014, Anzhela Zaiets has been raising awareness about DIRFloortime in Ukraine. During this time, she has taught more than 40 DIR 101 theoretical courses and was a speaker at numerous conferences. She regularly teaches practical courses for parents, provides supervision to professionals, and trains new professionals.
Contact: aezaiets@gmail.com, Facebook, Instagram
Natalie Jashunina (Ukraine)
Natalie Jashunina (Ukraine)
Psychologist, neuropsychologist, DIR-expert and trainer. 10 years of supporting children with ASD and other developmental differences.
Contact: +380681410084, shafinkamama@gmail.com
Yaroslava Khudenko (Ukraine)
Yaroslava Khudenko (Ukraine)
Psychologist, child psychology, child-parent relationships, Master of Psychology, DIR-expert and trainer. 10 years of working with children with ASD and other developmental differences.
Member of UAFS DIRFLOORTIME UKRAINE
Contact: yasyulakhudenko@gmail.com, Instagram
Iryna Filonenko (Ukraine)
Iryna Filonenko (Ukraine)
Doctor, psychotherapist, DIR-expert
Contact: +380677734020 (Viber, Telegram), Facebook, Instagram, irinafilonenko24@gmail.com
Inna Serhiienko (Ukraine)
Inna Serhiienko (Ukraine)
Consul "Autism-Europe", the Founder of International Public Organization “Child with a Future”
Contact: Facebook
Anna Deriuha (Ukraine)
Anna Deriuha (Ukraine)
Autistic self-advocate, programmer, designer, manages social media groups "Ask an Autist" and "Adult Autism", is an activist in the adult autism awareness movement.
Valeriia Shapovalova (Ukraine)
Valeriia Shapovalova (Ukraine)
Autistic self-advocate with ADHD, has been working with children with autism for 3 years.
Contact: zeerou@gmail.com, 0934307765
Oksana Vyshnevetska (Ukraine)
Oksana Vyshnevetska (Ukraine)
Educator, DIRFloortime professional of 203 level proficiency, has been working with children and parents at Kyiv Floortime Center since 2017, and also in her private office in Irpin.
Member of UAFS DIRFLOORTIME UKRAINE
Svitlana Kahan (Ukraine)
Svitlana Kahan (Ukraine)
Psychologist, DIRFloortime professional of 203 level proficiency, trauma therapist, parent group therapy trainer (Adler system)
Contact: skagan757@gmail.com
Valeriia Kostetska (Ukraine)
Valeriia Kostetska (Ukraine)
Psychologist, DIRFloortime professional of 203 level proficiency, has 7 years of experience working with neurodiverse children and has been working at Kyiv Floortime Center since 2018.
Contact: 0958352572 (Telegram), Facebook
Liliia Huziuk (Ukraine)
Liliia Huziuk (Ukraine)
Clinical psychologist (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, specialization: clinical psychology),
DIRFloortime professional of basic level proficiency (ICDL),
System and family psychotherapist (Ukrainian Psychotherapy University / still studying)
Member of UAFS DIRFLOORTIME UKRAINE
Contact: guzyukliliia@gmail.com
Raїsa Kaparulina (Ukraine)
Raїsa Kaparulina (Ukraine)
Speech and language therapist, educator, DIRFloortime professional of 202 level proficiency. Specializes in working with speech pathology. Has been working with children with autism for 20 years.
Member of UAFS DIRFLOORTIME UKRAINE
Contact: +380501956995 (Viber, Telegram)
Oleksandra Hendelieva (Ukraine)
Oleksandra Hendelieva (Ukraine)
Medical psychologist, DIRFloortime professional of level 202 profeciency, has been working at Kyiv Floortime Center since 2019.
Member of UAFS DIRFLOORTIME UKRAINE
Contact: +380632442305 (Telegram), Facebook
Tamara Nauk (Ukraine)
Tamara Nauk (Ukraine)
Master's degree in Psychology (Mykhailo Drahomanov Ukrainian University), dance and movement therapist, playback practitioner, co-trainer of support groups under the Children and War program at the «Dzherela» Charitable Community. Has over 10 years of experience working with neurodiverse people, completed the DIR 101 theoretical course.
Contact: Facebook
"DIR is going to theater: watching a playback performance through the DIR lens" (with Yaroslava Khudenko)
Anna Porodko (Ukraine)
Anna Porodko (Ukraine)
DIRFloortime professional of basic level proficiency, mother of an autistic boy, Master of Philology, completed the "Hypersensitivity: Autism, Asperger's, ADHD" course at the Neufeld Institute.
Member of UAFS DIRFLOORTIME UKRAINE
Contact: +380508379091 (Viber, Telegram), anychka.gor@gmail.com, Facebook, Instagram
Iryna Osetrova (Ukraine)
Iryna Osetrova (Ukraine)
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