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Engaging Autism: Using the Floortime Approach to Help Children Relate, Communicate, and Think
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...more
Paperback, 448 pages
Published
February 10th 2009
by Da Capo Press
(first published March 27th 2006)
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I liked the book, but there was a lot to it that I have tried with my daughter that didn't have an effect.
These are the most important part of the book that was helpful for me:
Engaging with your son/daughter.
How to Engage with your son/daughter.
Desire to communicate -using gestures.
Limiting tv time
Imaginative play
ages 3-5 start to learn about social rules with other children their age
turning a child's weaknesses into strengths.
These are the most important part of the book that was helpful for me:
Engaging with your son/daughter.
How to Engage with your son/daughter.
Desire to communicate -using gestures.
Limiting tv time
Imaginative play
ages 3-5 start to learn about social rules with other children their age
turning a child's weaknesses into strengths.
Long and really dry and hard to get through. But, it is one of the absolute best books out there on autism spectrum disorders. As a parent of a child with autism, after reading this book you will understand the theoretical underpinnings of an autism diagnosis and you will learn how to engage with your child using the DIR/Floortime approach. For that alone, it's worth trudging through the long and often dry passages.
As other reviewers have said, this book is written in a rather convoluted fashion. The heart of the material is excellent, but there are no clear and succinct overviews, which is difficult when there is a LOT of information and a lot of different paths to take depending on the child's specific strengths and weaknesses.
I'm sure it was chalk full of useful information. It must have been. There were so many pages. I don't want to knock it for that--it was just absolute torture to read. Confusing, poorly illustrated, and mostly impractical (but informative!). It might fill some need out there that I'm not aware of, but I thought it was poorly written for the average Joe wanting to help their child.
Me? I'm hoping that if I go to the how-to chapters in Greenspan's The Child With Special Needs I'll learn...more
Me? I'm hoping that if I go to the how-to chapters in Greenspan's The Child With Special Needs I'll learn...more
This is one tough book to get through! There is definitely a wealth of information in this thick book, but if it took this bookworm a month to read it imagine how long the average parent would need! I felt that Greenspan included a lot of the theoretical knowledge behind his floortime approach and "scenarios" of how to use the approach with kids who have lots of language. But there was never a chapter that said ....If you want to use Floortime with your child you need to start off by d...more
Although this is a practical guide, it isn't anything revolutionary... Greenspan certainly presents his Floortime method as such, but I'm finding most of his revelations to be standard best practice for working with all children, of all abilities.
So far... very informative, useful info on development... easy read... engaging enough ive almost missed my stop on the train a couple of times cuz of this book
This is one of the books that I can literally say has changed my life. Worth reading for anyone who wants to have a closer relationship with a son or daughter.
I'm a big fan of Greenspan, and of the floortime approach. Floortime has really helped us break through with our daughter, diagnosed with Autism at age 2. We've been very proactive... providing her with speech, developmental and occupational therapy, as well as enrolling her in a developmental preschool. That said, I still believe floortime to be the greatest source of progress for our daughter. I know not all autistic children have the same struggles, and strengths, but this worked for us!
Read for work. ABA just wasn't all the child I was working with needed, so his behavior therapist started using some floortime techniques. She suggested the boys mother and I read the book. It is a great approach, though one can see aspects of ABA in it as well. My philosophy is that there is no one therapy that works for every person, and one must try to aquire as much knowledge as possible if one is to be a successful therapist.
Can I really say I "like" this book? I mean hello -- I would prefer NOT to be reading a book about strategies to help my autistic son fit into the world. (Why no, I'm not bitter, why do you ask? Oh, because of that whole issue where the general public as a whole is not compassionate to people who are different?)
I'm working my way through this and so far the advice is sound and the writing is clear. How's that for a review?
I'm working my way through this and so far the advice is sound and the writing is clear. How's that for a review?
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This book has great ideas for reaching children with autism through social play therapy, but I found it a very laborious read - too much academic wordiness, and too little practical advice for parents. I prefer this book: Autism and Developmental Delays in Young Children: The Responsive Teaching Curriculum for Parents and Professionals: Curriculum Guide by G Mahoney.
I have been reading through this book for awhile now, picking it up and reading a few chapters or skimming through as I have time. I like the ideas presented here, of joining the child as a way to get them to join us, rather than expecting them to conform to what we in general find 'appropriate behavior'
I'm sure that as I read more, I will gain much valuable information.
I'm sure that as I read more, I will gain much valuable information.
i have a little friend on the broad spectrum of all lovely children who has autism. Next year, I will be working with him one-on-one and his mom shared the helpful work of Stanley Greenspan and Floortime with me. I focused on these chapters in the book and found them very helpful for being with ALL young children.
I felt I should read this book...it was very dense and full of information...I do like the floortime model much better than ABA, but both have their usefulness.
A must read for fully understanding how to engage any child.
This is the approach I will be using with my child.
Love all of the Greenspan books.
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