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The Child with Special Needs: Encouraging Intellectual and Emotional Growth »

Authors: Stanley I. Greenspan, Robin Simons, Robin Simon, Serena Wieder, Serena Weider
ISBN-13: 9780201407266, ISBN-10: 0201407264
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Date Published: January 1998
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Stanley I. Greenspan

Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D., author of the widely used and praised books The Challenging Child and (with Serena Wieder, Ph.D.) Engaging Autism, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at George Washington University Medical School and lives in Bethesda, Maryland. Serena Wieder, Ph.D., Associate Editor of the Journal of Developmental and Learning Disorders, is co-author with Dr. Greenspan of The Child with Special Needs and a close colleague of Dr. Greenspan's in all his work in the field of autism.

Book Synopsis

The comprehensive approach to developmental challenges including autism, PDD, language and speech problems, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, ADD, and other related disorders.

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
1	Discovering Each Child's Unique Strengths, Developmental Capacities, and Challenges	17
1	Moving beyond the Label	19
2	Biological Challenges	34
3	Observing Each Child: Biological Challenges and Strengths	56
4	The Six Milestones	70
5	Observing Each Child: The Six Milestones	91
6	Observing Yourselves	98
7	Emotion and Interaction: Keys to the Development of Intelligence, Sense of Self, and Social Capacities	106
2	Encouraging Emotional and Intellectual Growth	119
8	The Floor-Time Approach	121
9	Floor Time I: Attention, Engagement, and Intimacy Helping a Child Become Interested in the World and Connect with People	132
10	Floor Time II: Two-Way Communication Helping a Child Communicate with Gestures and Expressions	160
11	Floor Time III: Feelings and Ideas Helping a Child Develop and Express Feelings and Ideas	190
12	Floor Time IV: Logical Thinking Helping a Child Connect Ideas and Develop a Logical Understanding of the World	231
13	Strengthening Biologically Based Processing Abilities	293
14	Going to Sleep, Toilet Training, and Other Difficult Challenges	302
15	Special-Needs Syndromes	339
3	Family, Therapy, and School	351
16	Marital Challenges	353
17	Family Challenges	361
18	An Integrated Approach to Therapy	377
19	School and Other Children	403
20	What Can We Expect?	433
App. A	Floor-Time Strategies: A Quick Reference	439
App. B	Food Sensitivities and Chemical Exposures	444
App. C	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	449
	Index	485
	About the Authors	495