Editor’s Note ¹³⁹

This is special issue of the Journal “Autism and Developmental Disorders” (Russia), published following the International Scientific-Practical Conference “Innovations in Autism Interventions: Research and Practice of DIRFloortime®”, held in Moscow on April 22—24, 2019, by the Federal Resource Center for Comprehensive Support to Children with ASD of the Moscow State University of Psychology and Education in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Council on Development and Learning (ICDL, USA) with support of the Foundation of regional social programs “Our Future”. The DIRFloortime® approach is one of the most widely used practice in the world.This approach implemented by professionals in interventions for children with ASD in more than 60 countries around the world, including Russia. The approach integrated in the system of care for children with ASD in many USA states, Israel and other countries. Its scientific evidence base is intensively developing, and the results of studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals.