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What is an ideal educational program
Discussion: School does not mean education. What should an ideal educational program have? You have to look at the school environment in terms of how well it can provide support for the six functional milestones, and then the higher milestones beyond that. How well can an educational setting provide remediation for the different processing areas?…
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What is Greenspan Floortime?
What is Greenspan Floortime? Greenspan Floortime is the center of a comprehensive program that benefits children at risk for developmental disorders that include autism spectrum disorders. What is Greenspan Floortime really about? Greenspan Floortime has two dimensions. Both of these two dimensions are important for helping children of all abilities but are vitally important for…
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What is Social-Emotional Health, and How is it Different from Social-Emotional Skills?
“The goal of treatment within the DIR/Floortime model is to build foundations for healthy development, rather than to work only on surface behavior and symptoms.” “A child who learns only to memorize scripts may, a year later, have lots of scripts but still be unable to have a conversation or think creatively or logically.” —…
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What is the Continuous Flow? “Proto-Conversations”
“Each time the baby follows his interests and takes your bait, he is closing a circle of communication… Getting to a continuous flow of back-and-forth communication is the goal—going from two or three circles, to five, ten, twenty…” — Dr. Stanley Greenspan Engaging Autism, Pages 67 & 92 The Continuous Flow is part of Dr….
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What Is the DIR Model? Understanding Greenspan’s Developmental Framework
If your child has received a diagnosis of autism, developmental delay, or sensory processing differences, you’ve likely heard the term DIR or DIR/Floortime. But what does DIR actually mean — and why does Dr. Greenspan’s version, The Greenspan Floortime Approach®, stand apart from other developmental therapies? Here’s a plain-language breakdown. What Does DIR Stand For?…