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What are the Goals of Floor Time?
Dr. Greenspan stresses that children should form a complex sense of
self. The following behaviors are necessary to develop what Greenspan
describes as “a sense of their own personhood.”
Goal Behaviors for Children Engaging in Floor
Time:
- Become more alert and aware (e.g., children
start to notice when something is “different” or if something
is in their way)
- Take the initiative (e.g., children see a problem
and start to do something about it–such as in moving an obstacle
to get to a desired toy)
- Become more flexible (e.g., children begin to
be able to tolerate small changes, and possibly initiate some changes
on their own)
- Become more able to sequence for longer periods
of time (e.g., children take as many steps as needed to solve a problem
and communicate what is needed through actions/gestures/words--who
needs it/what is needed/where is it needed/when is it needed/how do
we get what is needed?)
- Become more able to solve problems (e.g., children
respond to suggestions of how to work through a problem or learn a
skill, rather than needing to be told direct solutions–i.e.,
Is there some sort of tool you could use? What would happen if you
turned it a different way?).
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