Floor Time Stanley Greenspan’s Model Prepared by: Jim Messina, Ph.D.
GREENSPAN’S 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)
TWO-WAY COMMUNICATIONS SHARED MEANING EMOTIONAL THINIKING GOALS OF FLOOR TIME ENAGAGEMENT TWO-WAY COMMUNICATIONS SHARED MEANING EMOTIONAL THINIKING
STRENGTHEN DEVELOPMENT MOTOR SENSORY LANGUAGE COGNITIVE
DESIRED GOAL BEHAVIORS ALERT & AWARE TAKING INITIATIVE FLEXIBILITY LONGER SEQUENCING PROBLEMS SOLVING
STEPS IN FLOOR TIME OBSERVE OPEN CIRCLE FOLLOW CHILD’S LEAD EXTEND, EXTEND CHILD CLOSES CIRCLE
FLOOR TIMERS USE: SLOW APPROACHES CALM VOICES SPEAKING SLOW GENTLE LOOKS SUPPORTIVE POSTURES NON-INTRUSIVE SUPPORTIVE LISTENING
FLOOR TIMER BEHAVIORS: MIMIC CHILD’S RYTHYMS GET INTO CHILD’S THEMES OBSERVE CHILD RESPECT CHILD EMPATHY FOR CHILD’S FEELINGS UNDERSTAND CHILD’S NEEDS
LET THE CHILD TAKE THE LEAD
PLAY DUMB
OPEN CIRCLES WITH CHILD
ASK OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS WHO? WHAT? WHERE? WHEN? WHY? HOW?
SURROUND CHILD IN CONTINUOUS COMMUNICATIONS
OPEN THE SYMBOLIC DOOR
ENCOURAGE EMOTIONAL THEMES OF: CLOSENESS PLEASURE EXCITEMENT ASSERTIVE CURIOSITY ANGER LIMIT SETTING DISTRESS RECOVERY
DRAMA, DRAMA, DRAMA
CONSTRUCTIVE OBSTRUCTION
EXPAND! EXPAND! EXPAND!
KEEP TEACHING OUT OF IT
PROPS NEEDED BUILDING TOY FOOD AGGRESSION TRANSPORTATION ART OUTDOOR CONSTRUCTIVE OBSTRUCTION TOY FOOD TRANSPORTATION EMPATHY & NURTURING OTHERS COMMUNICATIONS FANTASY PLAY
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
FLOOR TIME RELATED CHILD MANAGEMENT I DESCRIBE BEHAVIORS LISTEN TO BEHAVIORS REDIRECT CATCH CHILD BEING GOOD IGNORE THE NEGATIVE
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
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!