Every child deserves to be seen and understood.
Developmental relationship-based interventions meet children where they are
and help them build what comes next.
Through connection, children develop the capacities to communicate, regulate, learn, form relationships,
navigate life, and think for themselves.
CFDA works so that developmental approaches are recognized, respected, and available everywhere.
We bring families, practitioners, researchers, and advocates together to change policies,
remove barriers, and expand access.
Connection is where development begins and belonging becomes possible.
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A Coalition of Parents and Professionals...
working to expand access to developmental approaches to autism therapies!
...Parents like Caitlin Welsh who travel to their state capitol to speak out to legislators about their child's success with developmental approaches such as DIRFloortime
...Healthcare professionals like Maria Mba Wright, MD working to bring awareness
to residents and practicing physicians of options in autism therapeutic approaches
to residents and practicing physicians of options in autism therapeutic approaches
...Researchers and authors like Josh Feder, MD and Diane Cullinane, MD who are adding to the academic peer-reviewed literature supporting developmental approaches and Developmental Relationship-Based Interventions (DRBI).
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...Advocates like Andrea Davis, PhD and Jenn Raley Miller, MPH writing and testifying to
expand access to developmental approaches
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...Professionals like Tessa Graham and Kristine Gose who develop and extend services into underserved communities
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countless families who have lost funding or have never been offered funding for developmental relational approaches to autism services.
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OUR MISSION: We are the Coalition for Developmental Approaches, formerly the DIR/Floortime Coalition. We are parents, families, and professionals promoting parent and family choice in treatments. We are spreading the word about evidence-supported developmental approaches to therapies such as DIR/Floortime, P.L.A.Y. Project, SCERTS, PACT, VIPP, BISC, etc. 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. |
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913 E Walnut Street
Pasadena, California 91106
913 E Walnut Street
Pasadena, California 91106
