The child with special needs : encouraging intellectual and emotional growth /

Greenspan, Stanley I,

The child with special needs : encouraging intellectual and emotional growth / [print] Stanley I. Greenspan, Serena Wieder, with Robin Simons. - Reading, Massachusetts : Addison-Wesley, (c)1998. - ix, 496 pages ; 24 cm

"A Merloyd Lawrence book." One: Discovering Each Child's Unique Strengths, Developmental Capacities, and Challenges Two: Encouraging Emotional and Intellectual Growth Three: Family, Therapy, and School Appendices

Includes bibliographies and index.

Moving beyond the Label. Biological Challenges. Observing Each Child: Biological Challenges and Strengths. The Six Milestones. Observing Each Child: The Six Milestones. Observing Yourselves. Emotion and Interaction: Keys to the Development of Intelligence, Sense of Self, and Social Capacities. The Floor-Time Approach. Floor Time I: Attention, Engagement, and Intimacy Helping a Child Become Interested in the World and Connect with People. Floor Time II: Two-Way Communication Helping a Child Communicate with Gestures and Expressions. Floor Time III: Feelings and Ideas Helping a Child Develop and Express Feelings and Ideas. Floor Time IV: Logical Thinking Helping a Child Connect Ideas and Develop a Logical Understanding of the World. Strengthening Biologically Based Processing Abilities. Going to Sleep, Toilet Training, and Other Difficult Challenges. Special-Needs Syndromes. Marital Challenges. Family Challenges. An Integrated Approach to Therapy. School and Other Children. What Can We Expect?. Floor-Time Strategies: A Quick Reference -- Food Sensitivities and Chemical Exposures -- Developmental Patterns and Outcomes in Infants and Children with Disorders of Relating and Communicating: A Chart Review of 200 Cases of Children with Autistic Spectrum Diagnoses.

Covering all kinds of disabilities- including cerebral palsy, autism, retardation, ADD, and language problems- this comprehensive guide offers parents specific ways of helping all special needs children reach their full intellectual and emotional potential.



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