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How Floortime Works: A Parent Review of Engaging Autism
In her book review of Engaging Autism: Using the Floortime Approach to Help Children Relate, Communicate, and Think, Dr. Karen Zelan says the following: The authors devote several chapters explaining to parents how the Floortime model works. Much of what the authors describe represents informed, effective play psychotherapy. What’s more, the model was devised so…
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How should I integrate different autism treatment strategies
How should a parent integrate different autism treatment strategies? How can a parent know whether an autism treatment strategy is right for their own child? Discussion: In addition to the Floortime therapy, you may want to consider new and innovative interventions that are coming to the fore, suggests Dr. Greenspan. “No one intervention, no matter…
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How Social-Emotional Interactions Drive Sensory-based Interventions: UNDERSTANDING AYRES SENSORY INTEGRATION® and Floortime
In the 1960’s, Jean Ayres, an occupational therapist, psychologist, and neuroscientist challenged traditional occupational therapy ideals by looking at the whole child and their perception and response to their environment, not simply focusing on specific components of a motor pattern. In 1972, Ayres stated that sensory systems develop in an integrated manner and depend on…
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How to Create a Greenspan Program
How to Create a ‘Greenspan Program’ (Stanley I Greenspan MD Inc. and its intervention, The Greenspan Floortime Approach®, DO NOT endorse or support ICDL or its DIRFloortime curriculum) More than Just an Intervention Dr. Stanley Greenspan’s approach to child development was revolutionary in its comprehensiveness. He understood that a child’s progress wasn’t just about isolated…
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How to Do Floortime at Home: A Step-by-Step Guide for Parents
If you’ve been told your child would benefit from Floortime therapy but aren’t sure where to start at home, you’re in the right place. The Greenspan Floortime Approach® was developed by Dr. Stanley I. Greenspan — one of the world’s leading child psychiatrists — and it’s something every parent can learn to do, right on…