Nurturing Joyful Relationships in Young Children and their Families (650) 703-3288
Play Therapy For Children With Developmental Differences
Relationship Based Play Therapy
Does your child have autism spectrum symptoms? Learning differences? Hyperactivity? Speech and Language delays? These, and many other developmental issues, can lead to struggles with behavior and social interactions.
Social engagement challenges, struggles with communication and behavior problems improve with play therapy, but the therapy needs to be tailored to meet your child's needs.
You, as the caregiver, also need experienced support by someone who understands what you're going through. Both you and your child are carefully attended to in this treatment model.
Treatment Based on Sound Evidence
Floortime supports relational communication and socialization in many children with developmental differences.
In floortime your child chooses the play and you initially follow your child's lead, with the goal of increasing communication, problem solving, creativity and flexibility.
As your child finds ways to stay engaged with you, you will expand the play to provide appropriate challenge, widen the communication repertoire and support growth in all areas of development.
A Collaborative Approach
You probably have a very busy schedule keeping up with all of your child's activities and therapies. You need support for all that you do, so we will build that right into our time together.
It can be incredibly exhausting to raise a child with special needs, because children who struggle with social interaction need lots of practice with interpersonal engagement.
You will be encouraged to practice Floortime with your child at home and we will meet regularly to discuss the treatment, look at the effectiveness of it, review treatment goals and think about how your child is progressing at school and at home.