When learning Dr. Greenspan’s Greenspan/DIR™ Model, or as it is referred to in its final version, The Learning Tree, it is important to understand why Dr. Greenspan used various terms such as stages, levels, milestones, and capacities in his 40 books referring to the Social-Emotional Developmental Levels/Stages/Milestones/ Capacities he became so famous for identifying and...
“…if a child has been isolated in his own world, nothing is better than to have him want to be with a parent or caregiver ‘too much.’ Once children are in relationships, we can gradually help them learn to be independent.” — Dr. Stanley Greenspan Engaging Autism, Page 18 For most children, especially those with...
Many doctors and therapists believe that a child’s self-regulation comes from allowing the child to calm themselves down when stressed. Unfortunately, this belief leads to parents/caregivers being told to, While some of these parental responses can lead to a change in the child’s behavior, if they are used early in life, before a child has...
(Stanley Greenspan MD Inc. does not support DIRFloortime or its licensor ICDL) “The first step in engagement is… follow the child’s lead, regardless of where his interest lies… following the child’s lead need not limit you the caregiver to doing only what the child does… you begin to enter her world through her lead and...
“The goal of treatment within the DIR/Floortime model is to build foundations for healthy development, rather than to work only on surface behavior and symptoms.” “A child who learns only to memorize scripts may, a year later, have lots of scripts but still be unable to have a conversation or think creatively or logically.” —...
These numbers are often given to describe the degree or level of a child’s challenges on the autism spectrum. While some professionals think that a Level 1 or ‘mild’ diagnosis means a child just needs a little support or a little help to ‘catch up’ and teach them a few missing skills, the truth is...
