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Floor Time
In a number of ways, Floor Time encourages just that. According to Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D. (1998), when using the Floor Time Approach, the “job is to follow the child’s lead and play at whatever captures her interest, but to do it in a way that encourages the child to interact with you” (pp. 123-124). Floor time, also known as the DIR model (developmental, individual difference, relationship-based model of intervention), was originally developed for children with difficulties communicating and relating, whose normal development was somehow “derailed.” Dr. Greenspan describes these children as having multisystem developmental disorders, which may include significant delays in how they communicate and understand language, how they play and problem-solve, how they respond to people in their environment, and how they respond to touch, sounds, sights, movement, and smells. By using the Floor Time intervention, children can get back “on track” from where they went off. Lecture Content |
How many times as a young child did you wish that you could be “in
charge” of your own daily activities rather than having to do
what adults wanted you to do? What fun it would be, how free you would
feel, how purposeful, if only you could play by your own rules, your
own timetable, and with your very own style.