1. Floor Time Stanley Greenspan’s Model
Prepared by:
Jim Messina, Ph.D.

2. 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)

3. TWO-WAY COMMUNICATIONS SHARED MEANING EMOTIONAL THINIKING
GOALS OF FLOOR TIME
ENAGAGEMENT
TWO-WAY COMMUNICATIONS
SHARED MEANING
EMOTIONAL THINIKING

4. STRENGTHEN DEVELOPMENT
MOTOR
SENSORY
LANGUAGE
COGNITIVE

5. DESIRED GOAL BEHAVIORS
ALERT & AWARE
TAKING INITIATIVE
FLEXIBILITY
LONGER SEQUENCING
PROBLEMS SOLVING

6. STEPS IN FLOOR TIME
OBSERVE
OPEN CIRCLE
FOLLOW CHILD’S LEAD
EXTEND, EXTEND
CHILD CLOSES CIRCLE

7. FLOOR TIMERS USE: SLOW APPROACHES CALM VOICES SPEAKING SLOW
GENTLE LOOKS
SUPPORTIVE POSTURES
NON-INTRUSIVE
SUPPORTIVE LISTENING

8. 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

9. LET THE CHILD TAKE THE LEAD

10. PLAY DUMB

11. OPEN CIRCLES WITH CHILD

12. ASK OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS
WHO?
WHAT?
WHERE?
WHEN?
WHY?
HOW?

13. SURROUND CHILD IN CONTINUOUS COMMUNICATIONS

14. OPEN THE SYMBOLIC DOOR

15. ENCOURAGE EMOTIONAL THEMES OF:
CLOSENESS
PLEASURE
EXCITEMENT
ASSERTIVE CURIOSITY
ANGER
LIMIT SETTING
DISTRESS
RECOVERY

16. DRAMA, DRAMA, DRAMA

17. CONSTRUCTIVE OBSTRUCTION

18. EXPAND! EXPAND! EXPAND!

19. KEEP TEACHING OUT OF IT

20. PROPS NEEDED BUILDING TOY FOOD AGGRESSION TRANSPORTATION ART
OUTDOOR
CONSTRUCTIVE OBSTRUCTION
TOY FOOD
TRANSPORTATION
EMPATHY & NURTURING OTHERS
COMMUNICATIONS
FANTASY PLAY

21. 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

22. FLOOR TIME RELATED CHILD MANAGEMENT I
DESCRIBE BEHAVIORS
LISTEN TO BEHAVIORS
REDIRECT
CATCH CHILD BEING GOOD
IGNORE THE NEGATIVE

23. 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

24. 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!