Rosemary White

Pediatric PT & OT Services - Seattle, WA Pacific NW Pediatric Therapy - Portland, OR

Pacific Northwest Pediatric Therapy
Portland, OR
The Office of Rebecca Peterson, OTR/L and Rosemary White, OTR/L
Phone:  (503) 232-3955                                                    E-mail:  pnpt1@comcast.net
Website: www.pedptot.com

DIR®/Floortime Summer Camp

Our goal is for the children in the camps to have fun and to develop play skills in rich interactions with peers. Each child is supported in a way to enable him or her to feel comfortable and successful in the ebb and flow of play with his/her peers.

• The philosophy of the camp is Floortime with the focus on relating and social interaction with peers. 
• The camps are six weeks long – two days/week, 2 ½ hours each day. 

The Camp : The camp space is set up with a variety of toys such as a dollhouse, cars, trains, dress up, & arts & crafts. During the 2 ½ hour camp there will be snack time (children will be asked to bring their own snack). The focus of the camp is for the children to engage in “free play” with their peers. The role of the staff is to facilitate engagement & interaction between the peers. The camp is not structured in the sense of the therapists & aides teaching skills, rather with the DIR/Floortime approach we support the children with appropriate affect, gesture, language & sensory support that is sensitive to each child’s individual profile to facilitate their ability to share attention with one another, to engage & be engaged, to read & respond to one another’s invitation to play & to sustain interactions during spontaneous play thus supporting their functional emotional developmental capacities of the DIR/Floortime model.

Staff :   Rebecca Peterson, OTR/L, Director of Pacific Northwest Pediatric Therapy & a Candidate in the DIR Certificate Program, will lead the group. She will have a staff of aides to support your child in engaging & interacting with his or her peers. Our goal is to have 1 aide to 3 children with Rebecca facilitating the group.

Parent Support/Training :There will be two parent meetings over the course of the six week camp to share progress made within the campers, to answer questions & support parents in finding ways to integrate the DIR/Floortime model into their child’s daily life. The camp sessions will be video taped so that during the meeting parents will view clips of the campers as they are supported by the staff to share in the positive interactions that take place throughout the camps.

Clients New to Pacific NW Pediatric Therapy : Campers who are not currently clients in our practice will need to have a one hour individual intake session prior to the camp. At the time of the session we will observe your child’s play & interaction to develop an understanding of your child’s functional emotional developmental capacities & their individual profile so we can best meet his/her needs within the camp.  The fee for the individual intake session is $140. We ask that you please complete & return both the registration form & our intake questionnaire (you can access the questionnaire on our website at www.pedptot.com under New Client Info & Forms.) We will contact you to schedule the intake session before the camp starts. We will contact you to schedule the intake session before the camp starts.

Fees: The fee is $1000 for this six-week camp.

Click here for Summer Camp Flyer & Registration Form
(for yourself & to share with others)

Click here for Summer Camp 2011 Registration Form