Engaging Autism: Using the Floortime Approach to Help Children Relate, Communicate, and ThinkAn essential guide to the highly recommended Floortime approach for treating children with any of the autism spectrum disorders (ASD). From the renowned child psychiatrist who developed the groundbreaking Floortime approach for children with autism spectrum disorder, Engaging Autism is a clear, compassionate road-map for parents. Unlike approaches that focus on changing specific behavior, Dr. Greenspan's program promotes the building blocks of healthy emotional and behavioral development, showing that children with ASD do not have a fixed, limited potential, and may often join their peers to lead full, healthy lives. With practical advice for every scenario you may face with your autistic child at any age -- including sensory craving, overactivity, avoidant behavior, eating, toilet training, developing social skills and more -- Engaging Autism offers hope for families and redefines how we see children with ASD. |
Contents
How Families Can Use the DIR Model to Promote | |
Bringing Your Child into | |
Encouraging TwoWay Communication and Social ProblemSolving | |
Working with Older Children Adolescents and Adults with ASD | |
The DIR Model | |
A Comprehensive Intervention Program Using the DIRFloortime | |
Educational Approaches That Promote Thinking Communicating | |
Scripting and Echolalia | |
SelfStimulation Sensation Craving Overactivity and Avoidant | |
Meal Time Toilet Training Getting Dressed and Coping with | |
Behavior Problems | |
Symbols Ideas and Words | |
Logical Thinking and the Real World | |
Higher Levels of Abstract and Reflective Thinking | |
Experiencing the World Through the Senses | |
Visual and Auditory Challenges | |
Floortime as a Family Approach | |
What It Is and What It Isnt | |
Creating Learning | |
Following the Childs Lead | |
Working with Older Children Adolescents and Adults with ASD | |
Coping with Feelings | |
Meltdowns and Regressions | |
Developing Social Skills | |
Outcome Studies of the DIR Model | |
How Autism Develops The DIR Theory | |
Neurodevelopmental Disorders of Relating and Communicating | |
References | |
About the Authors | |
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