Engaging autism : using the floortime approach to help children relate, communicate, and think

An 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 roadmap 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. Praise for Engaging Autism “This is a valuable book: valuable to parents who worry about their child, valuable to professionals who are consulted, valuable to the teams (parents and professionals) who are looking for interventions for this frightening disorder, and the DIR programs are exciting innovations and dramatically effective.” —T. Berry Brazelton, MD, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Emeritus, Harvard Medical School “Dr. Greenspan provides lots of practical methods for engaging children with autism in meaning interactions with parents and teachers.” —Temple Grandin, author of Thinking in Pictures