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

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Grateful parents and professionals worldwide have welcomed this essential guide to the highly recommended Floortime approach for treating children with any of the autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Now available in paperback, Engaging Autism includes new, exciting information on neuroscience research into the effects of this approach, plus guidance for parents navigating the controversies surrounding the treatment of autism. Unlike approaches that focus on changing specific behavior, Greenspans program promotes the building blocks of healthy emotional and behavioral development. He shows that, remarkably, children with ASD do not have a fixed, limited potential, and may often join their peers to lead full, psychologically healthy lives. The Floortime approach can also be applied at any age-including early infancy, when the first signs of risk for ASD may appear-so that preventing the full development of autism becomes a real possibility.

Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D., is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at George Washington University Medical School. His books include The Growth of the Mind, The Challenging Child, and The Child with Special Needs (co-authored by Serena Wieder, Ph.D.). Serena Weider, Ph.D., a psychologist in clinical practice, is on the faculty of the Washington (D.C.) School of Psychiatry.

A must read for parents, caregivers, teachers, physicians, psychologists and psychiatrists who have been frustrated in their attempts to help young and older children with autism. Its methods will give all of them more than just a ray of hope.--Blogcritics.org For parents looking for new ways to work with their autistic children, this book would be extremely helpful. --Mid-Ohio Valley Parent The book contains many useful ideas and thought-provoking theories...As a general guide offering practical examples and explanations, Engaging Autism will be a welcome reference work for many.--Curled Up with a Good Book This large, useful book offers a good overview of ASD.--Toronto Globe & Mail