Floortime

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The Developmental, Individual-differences, Relationship-based (DIR) model is a developmental model for assessing and understanding any child's strengths and weaknesses. This model was developed by Dr. Stanley Greenspan and first outlined in 1979 in his book Intelligence and Adaptation. Floortime, or as it is referred to now Greenspan Floortime, was first described in 1989 his book The Essential Partnership, co-authored with his wife, Nancy Greenspan. Greenspan Floortime is an intervention that relies on the Greenspan/DIR Model to set goals and understand a child's individual social emotional profile, and focuses on stimulating a child's natural abilities to relate, communicate, and think.

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