The Greenspan Floortime Approach.

Over 40 years ago, child psychiatrist Dr. Stanley Greenspan recognized the importance of meeting children on their level—both developmentally and physically—in order to maximize communicating, interacting, and learning. This meant getting on the floor to engage the child’s attention. Ultimately, Dr. Greenspan developed The Greenspan Floortime Approach to make his techniques, tips, and tools available to parents and those who work with children.
The genius of the late Dr. Stanley Greenspan has transformed the lives of countless children throughout the world.
As a theoretician, diagnostician, and clinician, he redefined the understanding of child development— how infants, young children and adolescents feel and think. His ideas will continue to improve the lives of children for generations to come. He left us the Greenspan Floortime Approach to carry on this work with children.

My 3-year old boy was regressing and falling away from everyone especially his therapists. I was told he was autistic and retarded. We made a family commitment to Floortime and saw amazing and immediate results. All I wanted was a child who would not be isolated completely. What I have, because of Floortime, is so much more. He is an 8 year old with friends, fully conversational and keeping up with his peers in a general education classroom.

A parent’s testimonial to Dr. Greenspan and his work.

Professional Positions
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the George Washington University Medical SchoolChairman of the Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders
Founding president of Zero to Three: The National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families
Director, NIMH Mental Health Study Center and the Clinical Infant Development Program
Chairman, Diagnostic Classification Committee, Zero to three
Member, Surgeon General’s Task Force on Infant Mortality
Editorial Boards: Clinical Infant Reports (Chair); Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, Journal of Preventive Psychiatry, Journal of Psychoanalytic Inquiry, Infant Mental Health Journal, Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research, Journal of Developmental and Learning Disorders
Practicing Child and Adult Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst
Supervising Child Psychoanalyst, Washington Psychoanalytic Institute.

Publications
Dr. Greenspan was author of over 100 scholarly articles and chapters and author or editor of over forty books, translated into over a dozen languages. His research has been featured in all the major media, including Newsweek, Time Magazine, The Washington Post, The New York Times, ABC, NBC, and CBS news broadcasts, and the subject of a PBS NOVA documentary, “Life’s First Feelings.”

Honors
Dr. Stanley Greenspan first described the emotional developmental levels of thinking in a peer-reviewed journal in 1979. For the body of work that grew from these seminal ideas, he received these honors:
Sigourney Award from the American Psychoanalytic Association
Ittleson Prize* for outstanding contributions to Child Psychiatry Research from the American Psychiatric Association
Ittleson Prize for outstanding contributions to American mental health from the American Orthopsychiatric Association
Edward A. Strecker Award for outstanding contributions to American psychiatry
Distinguished Lecturer Award from the Scientific Program Committee of the American Psychiatric Association
United States Public Health Service Special Recognition Award
Heintz Hartmann Prize
Mary Allen Award for outstanding contributions to American psychoanalysis.