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Respecting Neurodiversity and Challenging Children: The Basics of Greenspan Floortime®:
(Stanley Greenspan MD Inc. does not support DIRFloortime or its licensor ICDL, read more….) It is said that children on the autism spectrum and autistic individuals live in their own world, or often retreat to their own worlds, especially when under stress. For adults who choose to have alone time, and/or meet their own needs,…
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Responsive Caregiving: How Self-Reflection Enhances Emotional Attunement in Responsive Caregiving
Responsive Caregiving: How Self-Reflection Enhances Emotional Attunement in Responsive Caregiving What is Responsive Caregiving? Responsive caregiving, at its core, is about deeply understanding and attuning to the individual needs of the person being cared for. It involves a dynamic and reciprocal process where the caregiver is sensitive to verbal and nonverbal cues, co-regulated interactions, responding…
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Sensory Sensitivities and Autism
Often, sensory sensitivities in children with autism cause very young children to protect themselves from what they, because of their heightened sensory sensitivity, perceive as excessive stimulation. This is especially true when that perceived excessive stimulation comes from other people, even if those other people are the autistic child’s parents or caregivers. Maybe the child…
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Should Language Goals be Prioritized for Children with Communication Delays, like ASD?
While speech and language are very important tools that can help us effectively communicate, language is not the only type of human communication. Research has determined that 70%-93% of our communication is non-verbal (Mehrabian A. Silent messages: a wealth of information about nonverbal communication (body language) 2016 http://www.kaaj.com/psych/smorder.html). While there is still a debate about…
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Should parents wait to see if their child becomes autistic before intervening?
Discussion: For a parent who suspect their child may be delayed, it’s hard to know how early to intervene. A child’s speed or level of development is not always easy to determine, but you don’t necessarily need to pinpoint it to improve it. Turn the observations that concern you into action. Dr. Greenspan tells us,…