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Floortime
can be used in the context of Routines-Based Early Intervention (RBEI). Often, Floortime practitioners think it's
the only thing they should be doing with families, so that would be
inconsistent with our primary service provider (PSP) and family consultation approaches. The PSP needs to
attend to all child and family needs and needs to use coaching practices
(family consultation). Floortime can be what the PSP suggests to the
family, for addressing social relationships (one of the three foundational
outcomes in the RBEI model), rather like incidental teaching is what we suggest
as an intervention method the family can learn.
As
the RBEI model matures, I am more and more convinced we should be incorporating
parenting strategies, such as talking and reading to the child, behavior
management, and effective teaching. I would put Floortime in this category.
Philosophically, I come from a behavioral orientation, and
Greenspan comes from a mental-health orientation, but there is more overlap
than separation in our approaches.
(In the picture taken from Greenspan's website, I'd rather see the professional in the background and the parent interacting with the child, but this is presumably a publicity shot!)
