A systematic interdisciplinary curriculum provides the theoretical knowledge and applied clinical and educational foundations for integrated assessment and intervention at an introductory level. Participants are required to share their work in assessment and intervention and demonstrate competency in applying basic DIR principles. This intensive one-year program, led by a Profectum Faculty instructor, offers a combination of required webcast lectures, online interactive class participation, and reflective tutoring. Participants will receive feedback and be guided through clinical reasoning on their own cases during classes and tutoring sessions while working towards their certificate.

The course will cover an introduction to the DIR model, assessment, intervention, the Foundational Capacities for Development (FCD), coaching, and working with an interdisciplinary team. The nexus of the DIR model are the Functional Emotional Developmental Levels (FEDL’s), i.e. the building blocks of development.  This course highlights assessment as intervention and uses developmental levels to guide intervention with individuals, including children, adolescents, young adults and their families. The strength of this clinical model is in the interdisciplinary approach to intervention. The course curriculum allows participants to integrate different perspectives in clinical and educational domains.

The DIR model builds upon establishing relationships and engagement at any point in development, respecting individual differences from the perspective of the different disciplines, and working with families.

The CL1 Certificate Course fee is $3000. Payment options are listed below.

1) Pay in full 2-weeks prior to the start of the course of which $425 is considered non-refundable.

2) Pay a $425 non-refundable deposit followed by 4 payments prior to the start of each learning unit.

• $425 Deposit due 2-weeks prior to start date (not refundable)
• $425 1st payment due at least 1 business day before the start date of Unit 1
• $850 2nd payment, due at least 1 business day before the start date of Unit 2
• $850 3rd payment, due at least 1 business day before the start date of Unit 2
• $450 4th and final payment, due at least 1 business day before the start date of Unit 4

3) Monthly Recurring Payments

This option is available after the non-refundable deposit and first payment have been received. Must be set up before the start date. Contact training@profectum.org to set up this option.

• $425 non-refundable deposit due 2-weeks prior to start date
• $425 1st payment due at least 1 business day before the start date of Unit 1
• 8 monthly payments of $268.75 charged on the 15th day of each month

The first recurring monthly payment will be charged the month after the course begins.

Example: The course start date is August 5, 2022. The $425 deposit and the $425 1st payment are due before August 4, 2022. The first monthly payment of $268.75 will be charged on September 15, 2022.

There will be a 5-day grace period for credit card payments that fail or that are declined. After the 5 days, the participant will not  have access to the learning management system (LMS) until a payment is successfully made.

The following criteria must be met in order to acquire a certificate at the end of this course.  These criteria should be monitored (record notes) throughout the course:

• Attendance 80% or better*
  • No more than 2 absences to the online classes over the course of the year
  • No more than 2 absences to tutoring sessions over the course of the year
  • *Any missed online class is expected to be viewed via Zoom recording and impressions/comments shared with the instructor in writing to be considered a “make-up” of the content missed.
• Contributes to online classes
• Uses technology as required by instructors
  • Camera is on for class
  • Uses the Learning Management System (LMS)
• Presentation of a minimum of 3 children over course of the year
  • 2+ in tutoring
  • 1 for final vignette
• Submit Unit Evaluations for Unit’s 1, 2, 3 and 4
• Complete collaborative Feedback Form

You must be a professional currently working in the field of speech and language, occupational or physical therapy, education, mental health (psychology, social work, counseling, marriage and family therapy), medicine, developmental optometry or the creative arts. If you are a professional working in another discipline, we welcome you to help us broaden our work!

You must have access to a minimum of three cases (children or adults with a developmental disability) throughout the course.

The attendance of a Profectum conference or completion of one of our introductory courses is recommended, but is not a requirement.

This 1-year course is organized into four units.

Unit 1 consists of lectures and discussions. There will be one to two 1 to 2-hour webcast lectures, to be viewed independently, per week and approximately two 2-hour online live classes per month.

Units 2 and 3 consist of lectures, discussions and tutoring. There will continue to be one to two 1 to 2-hour webcast lectures, to be viewed independently, per week and approximately two 2-hour online live classes per month. Depending on the size of the class, and additional 3 hours of tutoring per unit may be required to provide enough tutoring to all participants.

Unit 4 consists of participant presentations of cases, feedback and tutoring continues.