A language-learning tip from Dr. Greenspan: Create language learning situations for your child even if doing so gets them a little frustrated. Don’t simply give them a list of words to memorize or expect them to learn language by having someone model word usage for them. Children need to emotionally connect to words for those...
Parents and caregivers of children with special needs know without a doubt that caring for special needs children can take a significant toll on their own individual lives and their relationship together. It’s important to prioritize parent togetherness time. Want to learn more about Floortime for parents? Take a look at our Parent and Caregiver...
An introduction to Floortime by Dr. Stanley Greenspan himself Let us give you an introduction to Floortime! During a television interview, Dr. Stanley Greenspan introduced his Floortime model and approach. He identified three key developments from his research on children with developmental problems. The first of these is the importance of affect and relationships for...
How often do parents feel that they have to choose between a happy child and a smart child? When should we stop the hugs and pull out the book? Why do we seem to feel like there’s never enough time? Dr. Greenspan’s research and experience showed him that the key is in valuing and treasuring...
How are ideas formed? What is the process that leads to the development of a child’s first idea? What is the role of affect and social interaction in this process? Dr. Stanley Greenspan developed and wrote about idea formation in his First Idea book that he wrote with Dr. Stuart Shanker: The First Idea: How...
This Greenspan Floortime advice is about helping children develop new ideas. One of the challenges many children with communication difficulties experience is coming up with new ideas or expanding on ideas they may already have. One of the best ways that we find to assist children in developing new ideas without giving them a new...
Don’t worry–many children experience temporary behavioral regressions. These regressions can happen at different times of year—sometimes the Fall or the Spring or at different moments in life where the child might be going through internal physiological or with changes in their environment. When we see one of these regressions it’s important to understand this is...
For Speech-Language Pathologists: ASHA has approved The Greenspan Floortime Approach® as a CE Provider. SLPs who successfully fulfill the requirements and who are members of ASHA will earn their CEUs with the Professional Course. New York State Education Department also accepts this course for CTLE credits for SLPs. You must be logged in to access...
TLDR: The history of DIR/Floortime is that Dr. Greenspan initially developed DIR/Floortime by synthesizing the limited knowledge of human development at the time from the likes of BF Skinner and Jean Piaget into a bottom-up birth through childhood framework. He also incorporated findings about sensory and motor development from occupational therapy. He further refined and...
Is medication a good autism strategy? More often than not, the parent of a child on the autism spectrum, or of one who’s been diagnosed with a learning disability, has faced the question of whether medication is a good autism strategy. The same question holds true with professionals–‘Is medication a good autism therapeutic intervention tool?’....
