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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…
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What are the best ways to be creative with my child and foster pretend play?
Discussion: “Help your child use their ideas functionally and introduce make-believe play; try to keep increasing the interaction,” emphasizes Dr. Greenspan. The world of make-believe is very important: the richer the pretending, the greater the creativity. Don’t bypass the pretending, or else you’ll lose out later on when you’re wondering why the child isn’t being…
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What autism intervention strategies are best for my child? What should I do and not do?
Which autism intervention strategies are best for your child? Here are three things to avoid. Discussion: To help your child relate, communicate, and think, it’s important to create the best intervention program available. There are a number of strategies that your child may respond positively to, but there are also interventions that you should avoid….