The Greenspan Floortime Approach® Certificate Training:

While most other ‘Floortime’ training programs are only knowledge/examination-based, we offer a comprehensive process, combining both Examination-based and Experience-based elements to ensure professionals attain a well-rounded skill set and learn how to successfully APPLY The Greenspan Floortime Approach®.

Examination (knowledge)-based components:	Experience (Application)-based components:
These involve assessing a professional’s theoretical knowledge through various methods, such as:	These go beyond theoretical knowledge, focusing on a professional’s practical skills and ability to APPLY Greenspan Floortime® effectively with a variety of children:
Mastery Tests: These evaluate a professional’s understanding of the theory and principles of the Greenspan/DIR™ Model, covering topics like developmental milestones, emotional interaction, and individualized learning differences.	Video Submissions: Professionals record sessions with children and submit them for review. This provides an opportunity for Master Trainers to assess their interaction skills, responsiveness to the child’s cues, and overall implementation of Greenspan Floortime® principles and techniques.
Case study analysis: Professionals are presented with real sessions and asked to analyze them, demonstrating their ability to apply theoretical knowledge to practical situations and develop developmentally appropriate goals and intervention plans.	Feedback and Reflective Self Analysis: Professionals must recieve actionable feedback to gain hands-on experience learning to adapt their applicaiton of techniques while providing Greenspan Floortime®. Reflecting on your sessions, integrating professional feedback, analyzing the child’s responses, and basing your ‘next step’ on all of this information is necessary to master Dr. Greenspan’s child-centered framework.

The Greenspan Floortime Approach® Certificate Training Program combines these two credentialing approaches to ensure that professionals possess both the theoretical knowledge and practical expertise necessary to make a meaningful difference in the lives of children with developmental challenges and their families.

1. Professional Course Mastery Test

The Professional Course Mastery Test is a comprehensive assessment designed to evaluate a professional’s knowledge and ananlytical skills using The Greenspan/DIR™ Model and The Greenspan Floortime Approach®. It is comprised of multiple-choice questions covering theoretical concepts and case study analysis.

2. Greenspan Proficiency Test

The Greenspan Proficiency Test is a comprehensive assessment designed to evaluate a professional’s knowledge of Dr. Greenspan’s version of his conceptual framework, The Greenspan/DIR™ Model and The Greenspan Floortime Approach® (not your knowledge of ICDL’s DIRFloortime).

Passing both Tests gives you a Greenspan/DIR™ Certificate establishing you have developed the knowledge and concepts described in Dr. Greenspan’s Theory. Dr. Greenspan’s All Access Pass membership is is needed to earn this certificate. If you have passsed the Professional Coruse Mastery Test within the last year, then you may be elligible for a discounted All Access Pass membership.

3. Greenspan Floortime® Provider (Provisional)- Level 200 Certificate Assessment

The 200 Level Assessment involves submitting a 10-minute video of you interacting with a child, demonstrating your practical application of Greenspan Floortime® principles and techniques. Based on this session, you will need to complete and submitt a Reflective Self-Analysis Form (Fidelity Measure). Experienced practitioners will assess your ability to engage with the child, follow their lead, find the just right challenge, while facilitating interaction and emotional development. Passing this test establishes your base level competence in utilizing the approach giving you a 1 year provisional ‘Provider’ license.

4. Greenspan Floortime® Provider- Level 201 Certificate Assessment

The 201 Level Assessment involves submitting 6 videos of yourself interacting with 4 different children, demonstrating your practical application of Greenspan Floortime® principles and techniques. A Master Trainer will provide you with feedback and will assess your ability to use Greenspan Floortime® techniques to enourage a child’s ability ot Relate, Communicate, and Think. Passing this assessment confirms your competence in utilizing the approach giving you a non-provisional licnese making you a ‘Provider’ of The Greenspan Floortime Approach®.

Examinations for Levels 300 and above are Experience-based and are attached to the training. They will be described once you have applied and been accepted into that training level.