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Affect-Based Language Curriculum (ABLC): An Intensive Program for Families, Therapists and Teachers
An innovative approach to the development of language that integrates the affect based model of human development, developed by Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D. (e.g. the Floor Time Model), with the development of receptive and expressive language, imitation, pragmatics, and engagement. The curriculum incorporates the principles of Systematic Instruction and Applied Floor Time as the primary teaching strategies. It also includes supplemental oral motor and augmentative communication techniques that support the development of language.
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Published November 1, 2002
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Stanley I. Greenspan
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Stanley Greenspan (June 1, 1941 – April 27, 2010)[1] was an American child psychiatrist and clinical professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral Science, and Pediatrics at George Washington University Medical School. He was best known for developing the floortime approach for attempting to treat children with autistic spectrum disorders and developmental disabilities.[2]
He was Chairman of the Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders and also a Supervising Child Psychoanalyst at the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute. A graduate of Harvard College and Yale Medical School,[2] Greenspan was the founding president of Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families and former director of the National Institute of Mental Health's Clinical Infant Developmental Program and Mental Health Study Center.[3]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stanley Greenspan (June 1, 1941 – April 27, 2010)[1] was an American child psychiatrist and clinical professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral Science, and Pediatrics at George Washington University Medical School. He was best known for developing the floortime approach for attempting to treat children with autistic spectrum disorders and developmental disabilities.[2]
He was Chairman of the Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders and also a Supervising Child Psychoanalyst at the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute. A graduate of Harvard College and Yale Medical School,[2] Greenspan was the founding president of Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families and former director of the National Institute of Mental Health's Clinical Infant Developmental Program and Mental Health Study Center.[3]
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August 13, 2025
I was cleaning out my shelves when I found this book I had apparently bought years ago. We are currently getting Floortime coaching through the Floortime Center which Dr. Greenspan founded. Floortime has made a huge difference for our daughter with Down Syndrome Regression Disorder, with far better results than the traditional therapy she received for years while making little to no progress.
This is a very technical manual focused primarily on language therapy, not Floortime. I’m reading it because there are virtually no practitioners in our city qualified in this approach, so we’ve mainly been on our own the past two years. (The recommendations for professional therapists and how much time and help should be provided to families make me weep.)
I think I will have to do some translating to use this as a parent, but there is a lot of helpful information. Definitely recommend getting a good foundation in Floortime before even thinking about this book. I am an information junkie and that’s why it’s on my shelves.
This is a very technical manual focused primarily on language therapy, not Floortime. I’m reading it because there are virtually no practitioners in our city qualified in this approach, so we’ve mainly been on our own the past two years. (The recommendations for professional therapists and how much time and help should be provided to families make me weep.)
I think I will have to do some translating to use this as a parent, but there is a lot of helpful information. Definitely recommend getting a good foundation in Floortime before even thinking about this book. I am an information junkie and that’s why it’s on my shelves.
May 15, 2019
Great summary of research, strategies, ways how to motivate child, tips, tricks, settings of expectations, standards, helping sheets. I found this book very useful.
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