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  • Study Finds Floortime Helps Preschool Kids with Autism

    This randomized control trial, the gold standard for research studies, found that after only 3 months of using Floortime at home, these preschool kids with autism (ASD), showed significant improvement in every area measured by the study!

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  • Temporary Behavioral Regressions

    Don’t worry–many children experience temporary behavioral regressions. These regressions can happen at different times of year—sometimes the Fall or the Spring or at different moments in life where the child might be going through internal physiological or with changes in their environment. When we see one of these regressions it’s important to understand this is…

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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

  • 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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