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Prioritize Parent Togetherness Time
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…
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Questions about Floortime
I know that Floortime is very helpful for children with autism. Does it work for children with other special needs? YesWe all develop and follow the same general path, just at different rates. Floortime focuses on basic developmental abilities regardless of the rate. It meets all children where they are and builds from there. For…
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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…