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.

• * Introduction Discovering Each Childs Unique Strengths, Developmental Capacities, And Challenges * 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 Encouraging Emotional And Intellectual Growth * The Floor-Time Approach * Floor Time I: Attention, Engagement, and IntimacyHelping a Child Become Interested in the World and Connect with People * Floor Time II: Two-Way CommunicationHelping a Child Communicate with Gestures and Expressions * Floor Time III: Feelings and IdeasHelping a Child Develop and Express Feelings and Ideas * Floor Time IV: Logical ThinkingHelping 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 Family, Therapy, And School * Marital Challenges * Family Challenges * An Integral Approach to Therapy * School and Other Children * What Can We Expect?

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.

• * Introduction Discovering Each Childs Unique Strengths, Developmental Capacities, And Challenges * 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 Encouraging Emotional And Intellectual Growth * The Floor-Time Approach * Floor Time I: Attention, Engagement, and IntimacyHelping a Child Become Interested in the World and Connect with People * Floor Time II: Two-Way CommunicationHelping a Child Communicate with Gestures and Expressions * Floor Time III: Feelings and IdeasHelping a Child Develop and Express Feelings and Ideas * Floor Time IV: Logical ThinkingHelping 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 Family, Therapy, And School * Marital Challenges * Family Challenges * An Integral Approach to Therapy * School and Other Children * What Can We Expect?

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.

• * Introduction Discovering Each Childs Unique Strengths, Developmental Capacities, And Challenges * 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 Encouraging Emotional And Intellectual Growth * The Floor-Time Approach * Floor Time I: Attention, Engagement, and IntimacyHelping a Child Become Interested in the World and Connect with People * Floor Time II: Two-Way CommunicationHelping a Child Communicate with Gestures and Expressions * Floor Time III: Feelings and IdeasHelping a Child Develop and Express Feelings and Ideas * Floor Time IV: Logical ThinkingHelping 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 Family, Therapy, And School * Marital Challenges * Family Challenges * An Integral Approach to Therapy * School and Other Children * What Can We Expect?