After the parents added home-based DIR® Model and Floortime™ Play Intervention at an average of 15.2 hours/week for three months, the intervention group made significantly greater gains in all three measures employed in the study.
Read the rest of ... Parent Training Strength of Floortime™ Play InterventionPreliminary results from an ongoing randomized controlled trial suggest that children in the DIR® Model and Floortime™ Play Intervention treatment group made significantly greater gains in social interaction skills in comparison to the community treatment group.
Read the rest of ... The Power of Floortime™ Play InterventionWant to raise a confident, competent child? The kind of kid who loves to learn and play? Who actively participates in the world around her? Who thinks independently while still considering others’ points of view? In three decades of working with young children and their families, Carol S. Kranowitz, M.A. the author of The Outof-Sync Child and The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun, found these 10 tips most helpful for raising “can-do” kids.
Read the rest of ... 10 Tips to Grow “In-Sync” KidsDr. Stanley Greenspan, M.D. produced hundreds of weekly web based radio programs between 2004 and 2009, addressing different topics on early child development, parenting, infants and children with special needs, principles for healthy relationships, and how to overcome mental health challenges.
Read the rest of ... Floortime: What it Is, What it Isn’tIn 2009, an NCEF study on mental illness returned disturbing results: Nearly 20 percent of Collier’s children may be suffering from undiagnosed and untreated behavioral health issues. H.U.G.S. fills the mental health void by targeting vulnerable children and their families, providing education and early identification of mental health issues.
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