Waves of Connection: Surfing the Floortime Approach

We chose play from Affect Autism

This episode's guest is Simone Tiemann who is a Floortime-trained sensory integration occupational therapist on the north coast of Spain in Santander who sees clients with developmental challenges and differences in her clinic and runs an association for 15 years now called Disfrutar El Mar which means "enjoying the sea" that offers activities at the beach and sea, including surfing, where volunteers play with and attend to children using a Floortime approach.

Link to the full blog post with links to key discussion points and other ways to view or hear the podcast here: https://affectautism.com/2025/04/11/surfing/

Caregivers: Consider joining our DIR® Parent Network for support from a like-minded community of Floortimers here: https://www.icdl.com/parents