The Child with Special Needs: Encouraging Intellectual and Emotional Growth
Stanley Greenspan, internationally known for his work with infants, young children, and their families, and his colleague, nationally recognized child psychologist Serena Wieder, have for the first time integrated their award-winning research and clinical experience into a definitive guide to raising children with special needs. In this essential work they lay out a complete, step-by-step approach for parents, educators, and others who work with developmental problems. Covering all kinds of...
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The comprehensive approach to developmental challenges including autism, PDD, language and speech problems, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, ADD, and other related disorders.
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction11Discovering Each Child's Unique Strengths, Developmental Capacities, and Challenges171Moving beyond the Label192Biological Challenges343Observing Each Child: Biological Challenges and Strengths564The Six Milestones705Observing Each Child: The Six Milestones916Observing Yourselves987Emotion and Interaction: Keys to the Development of Intelligence, Sense of Self, and Social Capacities1062Encouraging Emotional and Intellectual Growth1198The Floor-Time Approach1219Floor Time I: Attention, Engagement, and Intimacy Helping a Child Become Interested in the World and Connect with People13210Floor Time II: Two-Way Communication Helping a Child Communicate with Gestures and Expressions16011Floor Time III: Feelings and Ideas Helping a Child Develop and Express Feelings and Ideas19012Floor Time IV: Logical Thinking Helping a Child Connect Ideas and Develop a Logical Understanding of the World23113Strengthening Biologically Based Processing Abilities29314Going to Sleep, Toilet Training, and Other Difficult Challenges30215Special-Needs Syndromes3393Family, Therapy, and School35116Marital Challenges35317Family Challenges36118An Integrated Approach to Therapy37719School and Other Children40320What Can We Expect?433App. AFloor-Time Strategies: A Quick Reference439App. BFood Sensitivities and Chemical Exposures444App. CDevelopmental Patterns and Outcomes in Infants and Children with Disorders of Relating and Communicating: A Chart Review of 200 Cases of Children with Autistic Spectrum Diagnoses449Index485About the Authors495
