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Bending Without Breaking: The Power of Social Emotional Flexibility
Bending Without Breaking: The Power of Social and Emotional Flexibility In a world that seems to shift on its axis daily, the ability to adapt and navigate change is more crucial than ever. While Flexibility is an important capacity for all people, the common misconception that a child’s compliance equates to emotional flexibility often leads…
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Caregiver Consistency and Responsiveness Matters
Caregiver Consistency and Responsiveness Matter (Stanley I Greenspan MD Inc. and its intervention, The Greenspan Floortime Approach®, DO NOT endorse or support ICDL or its DIRFloortime curriculum) In the 1970s, Dr. Stanley Greenspan, then Director of the Mental Health Study Center at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), pioneered research on early childhood development….
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Child-centered interventions and Fidelity Measures
Child-centered interventions and Fidelity Measures Child-centered interventions, like The Greenspan Floortime Approach®, represent a paradigm shift in how we approach developmental support. They prioritize the child’s unique interests, learning styles, and emotional cues. This individualized focus is incredibly powerful, but it also necessitates a more nuanced approach to measuring the fidelity of its application. To…
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Co-regulated interactions while setting limits- Extending interactions while setting boundries
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Co-regulated interactions- Improving Reading Emotions