Long recognized for his brilliant insights into the emotional and intellectual development of infants and young children, Dr. Stanley Greenspan argues that parents, not teachers or caregivers, can most effectively encourage this development. In order for parents to do this, however, society must first face an unrecognized dilemma of major proportions. While Dr. Greenspan's research demonstrates that children in the first few years of life need intense one-to-one nurturing to develop their full cognitive and emotional abilities, over 50 percent of families are relying on out-of-home care that, for the most part, does not provide such nurture. In order to resolve this dilemma, he offers a radical redefinition of family life. Without suggesting that either parent give up a career, he presents a wide variety of practical solutions that make children the top priority-and the equal responsibility-of both parents. He vividly describes "tag team" care, serial careers, other ways to balance at-home care and daycare, ways to make the new technologies that allow working at home a benefit for both adult and child, and the "four-thirds solution," in which both parents work two-thirds of the time.A Merloyd Lawrence Book

The Four-Thirds Solution: Solving the Childcare Crisis in America Today

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D.

Greenspan, Stanley

Jacqueline Salmon

Salmon, Jacqueline

Psychology & Counseling

Da Capo Lifelong Books

What do babies and young children really need? For the first time, two famed advocates for children cut through all the theories, platitudes, and controversies that surround parenting advice to define what every child must have in the first years of life. They lay out the seven irreducible needs of any child, in any society, and confront such thorny questions as: How much time do children need one-on-one with a parent? What is the effect of shifting caregivers, of custody arrangements? Why are we knowingly letting children fail in school? Nothing is off limits. This short, hard-hitting book, the fruit of decades of experience and caring, sounds a wake-up call for parents, teachers, judges, social workers, policy makers-anyone who cares about the welfare of children.A Merloyd Lawrence Book

The Irreducible Needs Of Children: What Every Child Must Have To Grow, Learn, And Flourish

Brazelton, T. Berry

Greenspan, Stanley I.

T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.

Written during the third year of The Rebecca School's operation in Manhattan, RESPECTING AUTISM: The Rebecca School DIR Casebook for Parents and Professionals adroitly describes the results of Tina McCourt and Michael Koffler's efforts to conceive and create a new school in New York City for children diagnosed on the autism spectrum. Because of the devotion of the entire staff as well as parents, all New York students can now receive a developmentally appropriate, thoughtful, and integrated education. According to co-author Dr. Gil Tippy, Clinical Director: "At Rebecca School we believe that everything we do originates with respect. Respect for the children we serve, respect for the staff with whom we work, and respect for the families of the children." Dr. Tippy and Floortime(TM) creator Dr. Stanley Greenspan collaborated on RESPECTING AUTISM. In 2005, Dr. Greenspan became a consultant to Rebecca School, and his work with students is featured throughout the book. The school institutionalizes Dr. Greenspan's "Floortime(TM)" methods of teaching and its educators work to extend students' circles of communication using the Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship-based (DIR(R)) model also pioneered by Dr. Greenspan. Autism Spectrum Disorders are not issues of memory or of extinguishable behaviors, but rather difficulties with relating and communicating. Throughout RESPECTING AUTISM, everyday real life students and their families generously open up their homes and personal histories to Dr. Tippy who then conveys to readers these student's triumphs and frustrations, joys and fears as each child in her or his own way strives to experience the freedom of the world of abstraction. RESPECTING AUTISM introduces readers to sixteen students and their personal stories presented as case studies. In each of these very different studies, Dr. Tippy takes a thorough and thoughtful approach to introducing readers to these individuals; he first establishes their family's story and educational background, then provides specifics regarding the students' work as well as behavior at school. Each case study concludes with Dr. Greenspan's diagnosis, reflections, and plan regarding how best to proceed to bring the student fully into the circle of communication.

Respecting Autism: The Rebecca School Dir Casebook for Parents and Professionals

Parenting & Relationships

Gil Tippy Psyd

Disabilities & Hyperactivity

Simon&Brown

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