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The “Death Spiral” of Learning: Why Positive Reinforcement Alone May Be Holding Children Back
New neuroscience research reveals how over-reliance on positive reinforcement can trap children in rigid learning loops — and how the Greenspan Floortime Approach® builds true cognitive flexibility.
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The Capacities to relate, communicate, and think are more important than compliance for school readiness
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The Science of Greenspan Floortime
What is the science of Greenspan Floortime? What are the key principles discovered by Dr. Stanley Greenspan that have helped so many children and families dealing with developmental disorders? Dr. Greenspan’s son Jake Greenspan helpfully explains his father’s scientific discoveries in this important essay. The Science of Greenspan Floortime Jake Greenspan In…
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The Silent Language: Why Children Need to Learn Non-Verbal Emotional Signals
The Silent Language: Why Children Need to Learn Non-Verbal Emotional Signals As parents and caregivers, we often focus on teaching children to communicate through words and cognitive activities identifying emotions on the face of a picture. But long before a child can speak, they are engaging in a powerful, non-verbal conversation. This silent language of…
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Understanding Differences in Regulation: Regulatory Profiles
True Regulation isn’t just about being “calm” or “well-behaved.” It’s about how a child’s nervous system takes in and organizes sensory and emotional experience—because those two systems must work together, all the time. Research into neuroplasticity and child development suggests that the brain’s architecture is built through the “serve and return” of social interaction (aka…