Learning to see
Separate description from interpretation. Notice regulation, engagement, body, movement and the quality of interaction.
Expressions of interest open · dates agreed after professional review
International English Edition · Livorno, Tuscany, Italy
Clinical reasoning,
lived in real time.
A selective four-day immersion for practitioners who have completed DIR 201 and want to make observation, decision-making and reflection more precise.
- 04
- days in Livorno
- 02
- professionals per clinical session
- 24
- guided learning hours
THE CEB PRACTICE CYCLENotice
what changes.
ObserveChooseReflectTwo perspectives.what changes.
One protected space.
For DIR 201 graduatesDelivered in EnglishCEB known across ItalyApplication-based admission
Livorno, Tuscany
A coastal city.
A different rhythm
for learning.
The four days unfold in Livorno, where the sea, open horizons and lived character of a Tuscan port create space to slow down, notice more and think together.
Evenings remain free for each Duo or Team to walk, eat and spend time together. These informal outings are self-organised and not included in the program fee — but they are an important part of the shared experience.
Photography: Francesco Bini / Sailko and PROPOLI87, CC BY-SA 4.0; Hans A., CC BY-SA 3.0. Displayed with responsive cropping.
The experience
Knowledge becomes practice
when you can read the effect
of your choices.
CEB Clinical Immersion gives you protected time to observe, formulate, decide, receive immediate feedback and try again.
The work brings functional emotional development into dialogue with sensory processing, body organisation, posture, movement, play and relationship. The aim is not stylistic imitation. It is a more conscious and transferable clinical reasoning process.
“What is making action, engagement and development possible — or difficult — for this child, in this moment, with this person?”
A repeatable practice cycle
Observe. Hypothesise.
Choose. Notice. Adjust.
Four days in Livorno
A progression,
not a collection
of techniques.
From profile to modulation
Connect individual differences and sensory-motor foundations to choices that remain tentative, testable and precise.
Deciding in the moment
Work with timing, pacing, affect and repair. Notice when to wait, join, simplify, amplify or change position.
Making learning transferable
Integrate observation, hypotheses and action into a personal 90-day professional development plan.
CARE
FIRST
FIRST
A protected learning environment
Care is not around the experience.
Care shapes the experience.
Every family decides which named practitioners, if any, may observe. No more than two visiting professionals are assigned to a child session. Consent is specific, voluntary and can change at any time.
- Separate permission for observation and any active role
- No participant recordings or identifiable material taken away
- Equivalent protected learning if an appointment changes
- Learning hours preserved without promising access to a specific child
Choose your format
Intimate by design.
Flexible by format.
Both formats keep clinical work in dyads. The difference is how much learning is individual and how much is shared with a team.
01Highest individual intensity
International Duo
Apply with a colleague or ask CEB to propose a compatible match.
- 24 guided in-person hours
- Two 60-minute online follow-ups
- One de-identified clinical question review
- CEB Clinical Immersion Certificate
€1,200per participant
+ applicable VAT
+ applicable VAT
€400 on enrolment · €800 seven days before the start
02Bring the learning home together
Pre-formed Team
Apply as an existing group of three or four. Clinical work rotates in equivalent dyads.
- 20 guided in-person hours per participant
- Two 2-hour online Team follow-ups
- 24 guided hours in total
- CEB Clinical Immersion Certificate
€990per participant
+ applicable VAT
+ applicable VAT
€330 on enrolment · €660 seven days before the start
All amounts are in euros. Travel, accommodation, meals, local transport, visas, insurance and currency conversion are not included. Your final VAT treatment and total are confirmed before the first payment.
Your mentor
Rossana
Giorgi
Developmental neuro and psychomotor therapist · DIRFloortime® Expert Training Leader · Advanced Sensory Proficient
Rossana integrates developmental and relational reasoning with close attention to sensory processing, body organisation, posture, movement and play. Since 2018 she has taught within the model’s professional certificate pathway and developed her work through international training and mentorship, including experience in the United States.
Her work at Centro Evoluzione Bambino is known by families and professionals across Italy, many of whom travel to Livorno for highly individualised assessment, intensive clinical pathways and a way of working that keeps observation, family partnership and real-time adjustment closely connected.
“The goal is not to give you my answer. It is to help you recognise what your next question needs to be.”
How CEB works
Intensive does not mean rigid.
It means clinically concentrated.
CEB brings evaluation, intervention, observation and reflection closer together. Intensity is chosen when appropriate and continuously adjusted to the child’s regulation, participation, fatigue and developmental priorities.
Intensive pathways
Concentrated multi-day work can include morning and afternoon sessions, preparatory conversations and coordinated clinical input. The structure is defined around the individual child, never applied as a standard package.
Video-informed reasoning
Selected recordings, where lawful and authorised, make it possible to slow down interaction, compare hypotheses and notice how small changes in timing, posture, movement or affect influence participation.
Family partnership
Parents are active partners in understanding the child and making learning sustainable in everyday life. They are not asked to become therapists; their knowledge and experience remain central.
Flexible clinical design
The order, duration and mix of activities may change in response to what emerges. Clinical priorities lead the plan, while observation, discussion and follow-up preserve continuity and direction.
CEB Clinical Immersion is built inside this clinical culture: participants learn not a fixed protocol, but how to think, adapt and remain accountable to the response in front of them.
Beyond the four days
The immersion can be
a beginning.
CEB is open to longer professional stays in Livorno. A clinician who demonstrates readiness, reliability and a strong fit with the CEB approach may be invited to remain in Livorno and work alongside Rossana through a separately agreed pathway.
Express your interestDesigned individually
A longer stay may focus on advanced mentoring, observation, guided clinical reasoning, supervised participation or a defined professional collaboration. Its purpose, duration and rhythm are agreed around the practitioner’s profile and CEB’s clinical activity.
Readiness comes first
Clinical judgement, boundaries, communication, professional conduct and the ability to receive and use feedback are considered. Completing the four-day immersion does not create an entitlement to continue.
A separate agreement
Any continuation has its own written scope, supervision, schedule and financial terms. Professional credentials, insurance, safeguarding, family consent, language and immigration or right-to-work requirements must be satisfied where applicable.
Interested practitioners can mention a possible longer stay in the expression-of-interest form. CEB will discuss it only after assessing the initial application and clinical fit.
What travels home with you
A sharper eye.
A clearer rationale.
A practice that can evolve.
01More precise observational language
02A wider range of testable hypotheses
03Greater awareness of timing and pacing
04A personal 90-day development map
05A trusted peer reflection structure
06A CEB certificate documenting your hours
Application process
Selective, personal,
clear from the beginning.
Apply
Choose your format and tell us what you want to develop. No payment is requested.
Meet
A brief online conversation explores goals, English, professional fit and group compatibility.
Confirm
Receive dates, exact tax treatment and participation terms. Pay the enrolment amount only after written acceptance.
Prepare
Complete individual and group calls, learning map, confidentiality and travel preparation.
Practical terms at a glance
Clear commitments
before anyone pays.
The complete agreement, exact VAT treatment and any statutory consumer information are provided after selection and before the enrolment payment.
Payments
After written acceptance, Duo participants pay €400 plus applicable VAT and Team participants pay €330 plus applicable VAT to confirm enrolment. The balance — €800 for Duo or €660 for Team, plus applicable VAT — is due seven days before the start.
If you cancel
After mandatory withdrawal rights: over 60 days, 80% refund or one free transfer; 31–60 days, 50% refund or transfer with a €250 contribution; 30 days or fewer, non-attendance or early voluntary departure, no refund, subject to mandatory law.
If the timetable changes
Equivalent protected learning may replace a changed clinical appointment. A substantial move outside the agreed attendance window gives you the choice of a reasonable new date or refund of the undelivered portion.
If CEB cancels
Fees paid for undelivered services are refunded. CEB is not responsible for independent travel costs, so changeable or refundable arrangements are strongly recommended.
If a colleague withdraws
CEB may propose a compatible approved replacement or revise the dyad rotation. The price owed by remaining Team members does not automatically increase, and nobody must accept an unsuitable match.
Clinical access
No place guarantees access to a particular child, family or appointment. Consent may be limited or withdrawn at any time; protected learning hours and equivalent educational value remain the program commitment.
This is a practical summary. The complete participant agreement, exact tax treatment and any mandatory consumer information are provided before payment and prevail over this summary.
Expression of interest
Tell us where
you want your
practice to grow.
This first form is used only to assess eligibility and fit. It does not reserve a place or request payment. You may also mention interest in a longer Livorno stay. Do not include child videos, reports or identifiable clinical information.
Applicant data information
What CEB collects.
Why. For how long.
Version: interest-en-2026-08-24
Controller and contact
Dott.ssa Rossana Giorgi / Centro Evoluzione Bambino, Via G. Leopardi 18, int. 9, 57121 Livorno, Tuscany, Italy · VAT no. 01726520495 · info@centroevoluzionebambino.it.
Data and purpose
CEB collects the identity, contact and professional information entered in this form to verify the prerequisite, assess professional fit, discuss Duo or Team compatibility and reply to your request. Please do not provide health data or identifiable information about children or families.
Legal basis
Processing is necessary to take steps at your request before a possible agreement and, where applicable, to meet legal obligations. Essential site-security processing is based on CEB’s legitimate interest in protecting the service. The required checkbox records that this information was presented; it is not consent for marketing.
Recipients and transfers
Data may be accessed only by authorised CEB personnel and necessary hosting, database, security, IT or professional service providers acting under appropriate contractual safeguards. Where a provider processes data outside the European Economic Area, CEB uses the transfer safeguards required by applicable law.
Retention
Expressions of interest that do not proceed are scheduled for deletion 12 months after the assessment closes, unless a shorter period is requested or retention is needed for a legal claim. If admitted, necessary information moves into the participant file and is covered by the full participant notice.
Your choices and rights
Required fields are necessary to assess the request; without them CEB cannot proceed. You may request access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability where applicable, or object to relevant processing by writing to CEB. You may also complain to the Italian Data Protection Authority. No solely automated admission decision is made.
This information applies to the expression-of-interest stage. Accepted applicants receive the fuller participant privacy information before sending supporting documents, signing or paying.
Questions, answered clearly
Before you
make the journey.
Who can apply?+
Professionals who have successfully completed DIR 201, work within a relevant professional context and can participate safely in English. Every applicant is selected individually.
Can I apply alone?+
Yes. You can ask CEB to propose a compatible International Duo match, apply with one colleague, or bring a Pre-formed Team of three or four.
How do Team rotations work?+
The whole Team shares theory, debriefing and transfer work. Clinical-lab activities rotate in dyads, with equivalent allocation for every participant and no more than two visiting professionals assigned to a child session.
Will I participate directly in sessions?+
When it is clinically appropriate, within professional scope, covered by insurance and specifically authorised by the family. Observation and active participation are separate permissions.
Can the clinical timetable change?+
Yes. Family needs and clinical priorities come first. The protected attendance window and learning hours remain the commitment; equivalent video, simulation or reasoning activities may replace a changed appointment.
When will the dates be communicated?+
CEB proposes available four-day windows after the initial professional review. You decide whether a proposed window is workable before any place, agreement or payment is confirmed.
When are payments due?+
After admission and written acceptance, Duo participants pay €400 plus applicable VAT and Team participants pay €330 plus applicable VAT to confirm enrolment. The remaining balance is due seven days before the immersion begins.
Can I stay in Livorno for longer?+
Possibly. CEB is open to individually designed longer stays. A practitioner who demonstrates clinical readiness and a strong professional fit may be invited to discuss a separate period of advanced mentorship or professional collaboration alongside Rossana. This is never automatic, is not included in the four-day fee and depends on credentials, insurance, safeguarding, family consent, language, immigration and right-to-work requirements where relevant.
What happens if I need to cancel?+
After any mandatory withdrawal period: more than 60 days before the start, 80% of amounts paid is refunded or you may transfer once to an available edition within 12 months; 31–60 days, 50% is refunded or a transfer is available with a €250 contribution; 30 days or fewer, non-attendance or early voluntary departure, no refund applies, subject to mandatory law. The complete policy is shown before any payment.
What does “plus VAT where applicable” mean?+
CEB confirms the exact invoice treatment and total before the first payment, using your billing country, professional or consumer status and tax information. All prices are expressed in euros.