Floor Time Stanley Greenspans Model

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Floor TimeStanley Greenspans Model

• Prepared by
• Jim Messina, Ph.D.

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GREENSPANS FUNCTIONAL EMOTIONAL SCALE

• SELF-REGULATION INTEREST IN WORLD (3 months)
• FORMING RELATIONSHIPS, ATTACHMENT INTIMACY (8
  months)
• INTENTIONAL 2 WAY COMMUNCIATIONS (9 months)
• COMPLEX SENSE OF SELF(12-18 months)
• EMOTIONAL IDEAS (24-36 months)
• EMOTIONAL THINKING (36-48 months)

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GOALS OF FLOOR TIME

• ENAGAGEMENT
• TWO-WAY COMMUNICATIONS
• SHARED MEANING
• EMOTIONAL THINIKING

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STRENGTHEN DEVELOPMENT

• MOTOR
• SENSORY
• LANGUAGE
• COGNITIVE

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DESIRED GOAL BEHAVIORS

• ALERT AWARE
• TAKING INITIATIVE
• FLEXIBILITY
• LONGER SEQUENCING
• PROBLEMS SOLVING

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STEPS IN FLOOR TIME

• OBSERVE
• OPEN CIRCLE
• FOLLOW CHILDS LEAD
• EXTEND, EXTEND
• CHILD CLOSES CIRCLE

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FLOOR TIMERS USE

• SLOW APPROACHES
• CALM VOICES
• SPEAKING SLOW
• GENTLE LOOKS
• SUPPORTIVE POSTURES
• NON-INTRUSIVE
• SUPPORTIVE LISTENING

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FLOOR TIMER BEHAVIORS

• MIMIC CHILDS RYTHYMS
• GET INTO CHILDS THEMES
• OBSERVE CHILD
• RESPECT CHILD
• EMPATHY FOR CHILDS FEELINGS
• UNDERSTAND CHILDS NEEDS

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LET THE CHILD TAKE THE LEAD
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PLAY DUMB
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OPEN CIRCLES WITH CHILD
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ASK OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS

• WHO?
• WHAT?
• WHERE?
• WHEN?
• WHY?
• HOW?

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SURROUND CHILD IN CONTINUOUS COMMUNICATIONS
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OPEN THE SYMBOLIC DOOR
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ENCOURAGE EMOTIONAL THEMES OF

• CLOSENESS
• PLEASURE
• EXCITEMENT
• ASSERTIVE CURIOSITY

• ANGER
• LIMIT SETTING
• DISTRESS
• RECOVERY

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DRAMA, DRAMA, DRAMA
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CONSTRUCTIVE OBSTRUCTION
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EXPAND! EXPAND! EXPAND!
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KEEP TEACHING OUT OF IT
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PROPS NEEDED

• BUILDING
• AGGRESSION
• ART
• OUTDOOR
• CONSTRUCTIVE OBSTRUCTION

• TOY FOOD
• TRANSPORTATION
• EMPATHY NURTURING OTHERS
• COMMUNICATIONS
• FANTASY PLAY

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USE EVERY DAY ACTIVITIES

• PROBLEM SOLVE CHANGES IN
• routines
• expectations
• personal wishes
• daily challenges

• DRESSING
• MEAL TIMES
• CAR TIMES
• TRANSITIONS
• BATH TIME
• READING TIME
• BED TIME

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FLOOR TIME RELATED CHILD MANAGEMENT I

• DESCRIBE BEHAVIORS
• LISTEN TO BEHAVIORS
• REDIRECT
• CATCH CHILD BEING GOOD
• IGNORE THE NEGATIVE

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FLOOR TIME RELATED CHILD MANAGEMENT II

• NATURAL LOGICAL CONSEQUENCES
• BE CONSISTENT
• BE ASSERTIVE
• CURB TEMPER
• UNCONDITIONAL LOVE ACCEPTANCE
• WIN-WIN SOLUTIONS
• MUTUAL RESPECT
• ENCOURAGE UNIQUENESS

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FLOOR TIME RELATED CHILD MANAGEMENT III

• COMMUNCIATE OPENLY
• GIVE FREEDOM OF CHOICE
• SET CLEAR LIMITS BOUNDARIES
• ENCOURAGE WORLD VIEW
• ENCOURAGE CAREER MINDEDNESS
• ADAPT FOR SPECIAL NEEDS
• ADVOCATE, ADVOCATE, ADVOCATE!