WARM PLAY: Responsive caregiving to support children in early childhood programs, presented by Joshua Feder, M.D.

This talk is for anyone who works with young children and wants to help them to be happier, more resilient, and better at learning, communicating, and solving the problems of their lives. Dr. Feder will use an interactive method with participants that comes from DIR/Floortime™ and related approaches to show how we can interact with children so that they are calm and connected in a flow of meaningful, developmentally supportive interactions.

Objectives: at the end of this presentation, participants willb e able to (1) describe a method for analyzing dysregulation in young children, (2) state three principles of a responsive caregiving approach, and (3) differentiate helpful vs. unhelpful approaches to supporting caregivers in reflective problem solving.

Joshua D. Feder, M.D., is an experienced and compassionate psychiatrist serving children, adults, and families in and around Solana Beach, California. With more than three decades of experience, Dr. Feder is board-certified in general psychiatry as…