"A Merloyd Lawrence book."

1. Discovering Each Child's Unique Strengths, Developmental Capacities, and Challenges. 1. Moving beyond the Label. 2. Biological Challenges. 3. Observing Each Child: Biological Challenges and Strengths. 4. The Six Milestones. 5. Observing Each Child: The Six Milestones. 6. Observing Yourselves. 7. Emotion and Interaction: Keys to the Development of Intelligence, Sense of Self, and Social Capacities -- 2. Encouraging Emotional and Intellectual Growth. 8. The Floor-Time Approach. 9. Floor Time I: Attention, Engagement, and Intimacy Helping a Child Become Interested in the World and Connect with People. 10. Floor Time II: Two-Way Communication Helping a Child Communicate with Gestures and Expressions. 11. Floor Time III: Feelings and Ideas Helping a Child Develop and Express Feelings and Ideas. 12. Floor Time IV: Logical Thinking Helping a Child Connect Ideas and Develop a Logical Understanding of the World. 13. Strengthening Biologically Based Processing Abilities

Covering all kinds of disabilities- including cerebral palsy, autism, retardation, ADD, and language problems- this comprehensive guide offers parents specific ways of helping all special needs children reach their full intellectual and emotional potential

14. Going to Sleep, Toilet Training, and Other Difficult Challenges. 15. Special-Needs Syndromes -- 3. Family, Therapy, and School. 16. Marital Challenges. 17. Family Challenges. 18. An Integrated Approach to Therapy. 19. School and Other Children. 20. What Can We Expect? -- App. A. Floor-Time Strategies: A Quick Reference -- App. B. Food Sensitivities and Chemical Exposures -- App. C. Developmental Patterns and Outcomes in Infants and Children with Disorders of Relating and Communicating: A Chart Review of 200 Cases of Children with Autistic Spectrum Diagnoses