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About Floortime
The Greenspan Floortime Approach is a system developed by the late Dr. Stanley Greenspan. Floortime meets children where they are and builds upon their strengths and abilities through creating a warm relationship and interacting. It challenges them to go further and to develop who they are rather than what their diagnosis says. In Floortime, you…
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ASD Children pretend play
Can autistic children play pretend? Does autism make kids unable to pretend play? Some people think so. Some believe that ASD diagnosed children are incapable of pretend play. Dr. Stanley Greenspan certainly didn’t think so. In fact, the Greenspan Floortime model includes informed and effective play psychotherapy as a key aspect of its therapeutic process….
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Autism and Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Research
For both parents and practitioners, it can be hard to make sense of psychological research. This is especially true for research on applied behavior analysis, which is often known simply as ABA, and its effectiveness for helping children diagnosed with autism, which is often abbreviated as ASD for autistic spectrum disorder. The reason for this…
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Autism and Tylenol
Due to class action lawsuits that have been filed, there is tremendous interest, especially by parents, in the relationship of autism and Tylenol. We are not lawyers and have no opinion on lawsuits. That noted, we are experts at treating autism and other developmental delays in children and adults. So, as an aid to parents…
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Continuing education credits
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…