Engaging Autism: Using the Floortime Approach to Help Children Relate, Communicate, and Think

Stanley I. Greenspan, Serena Wieder

Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2006 - Family & Relationships - 434 pages

The inspiring success of Dr. Stanley Greenspan's unique approach to autism and ASD (autistic spectrum disorders) is known to grateful parents and to professionals throughout the world. Now at last his highly effective and influential program is presented in one clear and accessible volume. A number of innovative, exciting features distinguish Greenspan's approach to autism:First, his program has demonstrated that children with signs of autism or autistic spectrum disorders do not have a fixed, limited potential, but in many cases can join their peers and lead full, healthy lives, emotionally and intellectually. Secondly, his approach can be applied at a very early stage, when signs of autism first appear. Thus, the hope of preventing the full onset of autism becomes a real possibility. Third, the approach empowers the entire family to promote their child's development throughout each day. Also, the DIR Floortime approach guides the efforts of speech pathologists, occupational therapists, and educators to work with the family and builds on the latest research on the development of the mind and brain. As cases of autism continue to rise worldwide, Dr. Greenspan's extremely successful Floortime approach is producing very promising results that could one day stem the tide against this dread disorder. No one involved in the care of children with autism, parent or professional, can afford to be without this landmark work.

What people are saying

Review: Engaging Autism: Helping Children Relate, Communicate and Think with the DIR Floortime Approach

User Review  - Robert Murphy - Goodreads

The inventor of the "floor time approach" may be out of vogue today, but his point about getting into the world of your child with them and then pulling them somewhere new was very helpful. A useful book.

Review: Engaging Autism: Helping Children Relate, Communicate and Think with the DIR Floortime Approach

User Review  - Allyson - Goodreads

Great book detailing a therapy technique for working with children with autism. I am lucky to be working with some very talented clinicians who are implementing this technique.

About the author

Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D., author of the widely used and praised books The Challenging Child and (with Serena Wieder, Ph.D.) Engaging Autism, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at George Washington University Medical School and lives in Bethesda, Maryland. Serena Wieder, Ph.D., Associate Editor of the Journal of Developmental and Learning Disorders, is co-author with Dr. Greenspan of The Child with Special Needs and a close colleague of Dr. Greenspan's in all his work in the field of autism.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Engaging Autism: Using the Floortime Approach to Help Children Relate, Communicate, and Think; Merloyd Lawrence Book Series
• Editors: Stanley I. Greenspan, Serena Wieder
• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2006
• ISBN: 0738210285, 9780738210285
• Length: 434 pages
• Subjects: Family & Relationships / Children with Special Needs; Psychology / Psychopathology / Autism Spectrum Disorders