Site of the Day: Tuesday, December 6
Floortime Foundation

If you've made it through Dr. Stanley Greenspan's massive and indispensable "The Child with Special Needs," you know something about floortime. Now learn more about it. The Floortime Foundation has as its mission "to redefine the potential of children with developmental and communication challenges by making the DIR/Floortime model broadly available." DIR stands for Developmental, Individual-Difference, Relationship-Based, and Floortime puts you right down on the floor with your child, playing in ways that systematically nudge him through six developmental milestones. It's a great opportunity to spend productive time with your child and make a real difference in her ability to learn and communicate and engage emotionally. The Foundation's site is full of articles and guidelines to get you going, but if you need a little more help, there are also demonstration DVDs and contacts with clinicians. ... More Sites of the Day