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Since I don’t frequent SM Southmall that often, this place could easily qualify as one of my most frequently visited places here. Particularly when I’m loaded with internet hungry equipment. In spite of its offerings food-wise, it still is a coffee shop at heart. But I don’t mind. Free WiFi and being allowed to use the convenience outlet is definitely welcome.

Half due to the internet conking-out last night and half due to the fact that it’s lunchtime, I decided to re-visit this cafe. Sure, being at school allows me to catch up on my mail. But it does have a lot of site-restrictions. Not to mention the ever-present mosquito swarm and the cats that won’t let you eat at all in peace.

Lunch is not too bad. Given, I do end up spending a bit more here than in others. But 250 pesos for a full meal is definitely not bad. Soup, pasta, dessert and a strawberry flavored smoothie for that amount isn’t bad considering the smoothie alone would cost a hundred on its own.

Pumpkin soup and the Strawberry Snow

Seafood pasta

Rocky Road brownie

Lunch aside, the browsing speeds are impressive for something free (especially for something free). Easily breaking the 100kB/s barrier for download and 50kB/s on upload. Granted, I’m not likely to spend THAT much time here. But a couple of hours ain’t too bad. Besides, the convenience outlet does let me spend a bit more time here than I normally could. Hopefully, it doesn’t start raining when I’m through with lunch.

Learn how to advance your child’s emotional, social and intellectual capacities and develop higher level symbolic play and abstract thinking. Developed by Dr. Stanley Greenspan, Floortime is an effective therapeutic, affect-based developmental model that has been successful in encouraging children on the spectrum to interact and engage in relationships while enhancing motor planning, communication, abstract reasoning and problem solving skills.

Parents, therapists and educators are invited to discover how Floortime can foster early stages of engagement and purposeful communication in children with regulatory and developmental challenges. Designed to be effective in both home and school- or center-based programs, Floortime and the DIR model help create healthy foundations for social, emotional and intellectual growth.

Topics to be covered include:

• Understanding the basic principles of Floortime and the DIR Model;
• Encouraging affect-based developmentally appropriate interactions for children with various sensory and developmental profiles;
• Maintaining a continuous flow of interaction;
• Opening and closing circles of communication;
• Encouraging initiative, shared attention and social engagement;
• Advancing purposeful behavior and problem solving;
• Video illustrations of parent-child interactions, therapist-child interactions and parent coaching;
• Dealing with typical Floortime challenges including “stuck” moments when dealing with avoidance, frustration, tantrums, aggression, fears and anxiety.

Presented by Lorraine Ehlers-Flint, PhD

When and Where
Friday, June 20th, 2008 at Greenville Community Church
270 Ardsley Road, Scarsdale, NY, USA
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Registration begins at 8:30.
Lunch is included.

Fees
Members - $50 / Non-Members - $100
Need based scholarships available.

This event is limited to 50 participants only so early registration is encouraged. You may download the registration form here.

Source: Navigating the Spectrum