Floortime Therapy the Greenspan books are in the library if you wanted to check it out closer. We, too, use this therapy, and have been very pleased with it. I am from Pa and cant find anyone in my area that does Floortime therapy. The tss works on playskills with my daughter and she picks up on these skills and really enjoys herself. I wonder if anyone has a link to floortime or areas that Floortime is available?i think this would hsave help me alot when i was younger  if they had it We did floortime for years.  IMHO, this is the easiest "do it yourself" therapy.  There are 2 great books by Stanley Greenspan:  The Child with Special Needs and Engaging Autism. When my son started therapy we went to a place that did floortime.  However once we got the books our life pretty much became floortime all the time.  It just became the natural way we interacted with our son.  Floortime at home, in the car, in the grocery store.  Once you start doing it and get comfortable with it, you kind of stop thinking of it as therapy and it just becomes so natural, at least for me. I hope someone answer your question about finding someone in PA, but in the meantime buy the books and just dive right in. Here is a link that you may find very helpful: http://http://www.icdl.com/dirFloortime/overview/index.shtml   My mom did it all the time with me when I was younger. She actually only took me to a doctor/therapist a couple of times and then she did it at home with a trampoline and some other equipment and followed what she read in books and what the doctor said. It really helped a lot. I highly recommend it. From the ICDL JoAnn Allison, M.Ed., Special Education, DIRŪ Facilitator Contact Information: Supervisor of Special Education, Bristol Township School District, Levittown, PA 19057 Phone:  215-943-3200, ext. 277 E-Mail:  joann.Allison@worldnet.att.net Marjorie Cases, B.S. OTR/L Occupational Therapy, DIRŪ Graduate Contact Information:Therapy Works for Kids™ 316 Pritchard Lane, Wallingford PA 19086 Phone: 610-566-3937 E-Mail: marjorie.cases@twfk.net Frances Crowe, B.A., Special Education, DIRŪ Certificate Candidate, Level III Contact Information: MARC Children’s Services, 3075 Ridge Pike, Eagleville, PA 19403 Phone: 215-361-1906 E-Mail: francescrowe@comcast.net Anita Ellsberry, O.T.R./L., Occupational Therapy, DIRŪ Facilitator Contact Information: 6900 Hamilton Boulevard, P.O. Box 60, Trexlertown, PA 18087 Phone:  610-402-0162 E-Mail:  anita@ellsberry.com or TonitaE@aol.com Ayesha Ganges, M.A., Speech Language Pathologist, DIRŪ Certificate Candidate, Level III Contact Information: A Total Approach, 9 LaCrue Avenue, Glen Mills, PA 19342 Phone: 484-840-1529 E-Mail: Ayesha@atotalapproach.com Steve Glazier, M.A., Psychology, DIRŪ Facilitator Contact Information: 1007 Prospect Avenue, Melrose Park, PA 19027 Phone:  215-782-3160 E-Mail:  sbglazier@aol.com Margaret Gryczko-Bogovic, B.S., Occupational Therapist, DIRŪ Certificate Candidate, Level II Contact Information: Pediatric Therapy Associates, 871 Clare Lane, York, PA 17403 Phone: 717-579-1640 E-mail: mgryczko@legupfarm.org Rebecca Gryczko-Bogovic, O.T.R./L., Occupational Therapist, DIRŪ Certificate Candidate, Level II Contact Information: Salazar Associates, 500 School Street, Clarks Summit, PA 18411 Phone: 570-587-3587 E-mail: RebeccaOT@adelphia.net Nancy Handschuh, C.O.T.A/L., Occupational Therapy, B.S., Elementary Education/Early Childhood Development, DIRŪ Certificate Candidate, Level II Contact Information: Wannaplay Program, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania Phone: 484-326-9423 E-Mail: nancyhandschuh@comcast.net Lisa Jochum, B.S., Occupational Therapist, DIRŪ Certificate Candidate, Level III Contact Information: DOTS: Developmental Occupational Therapy Services, Wayne, PA 19087 E-Mail: JochumDOTS@verizon.net Susan Kibrik, MS, Occupational Therapy, DIRŪ Certificate Candidate, Level II Advanced          Contact Information:Good Shepherd Outpatient Rehabilitation Center Pediatric Occupational Therapy Dept. 1243 South Cedar Crest Ave. Allentown, PA 18103 Phone: 610-402-9264 Email: skibrik@gsrh.org Maria Laczkoskie, M.S., O.T.R./L., Occupational Therapist, DIRŪ Certificate Candidate, Level III Contact Information: Family Child Resources Inc., 3995 East Market Street, York, PA 17402 Phone: 717-757-1227 or 717-817-8740 E-Mail: marialaczkoskie@excite.com Maude C. LeRoux, O.T.R./L., Occupational Therapy, DIRŪ Facilitator Contact Information: A Total Approach, 9 LaCrue Street, Glen Mills, PA 19342 Phone:  484-840-1529 E-Mail:  maude@atotalapproach.com Connie McMenamin, B.A., Special Education, DIRŪ Certificate Candidate, Level III Contact Information: Delaware County Intermediate Unit, 200 Yale Avenue, Morton, PA 19070 Phone: 610-938-9000 E-mail: cmcmen1060@rcn.com Jane Melchiondo, M.S., Counseling, DIRŪ Certificate Candidate, Level III Contact Information: Bucks County Intermediate Unit #22, BARC Early Intervention, 874 Dolington Acres Road, Newton, PA 18940 Phone: 267-981-7933 E-Mail: jane@floortime.info Julie Fisher Pisa, B.S., Occupational Therapist, DIRŪ Certificate Candidate, Level III Contact Information: MARC Children’s Services, 3075 Ridge Pike, Eagleville, PA  19403 Phone: 484-868-0961 E-Mail: JFPisa.OT@comcast.net Ruby Salazar, L.C.S.W., B.C.D., Clinical Social Work, DIRŪ Faculty Contact Information: Salazar Associates, 500 School Street, Clarks Summit, PA 18411 or 3901 City Avenue, Suite 105, Philadelphia, PA         &nbs p;         &nbs p;         &nbs p;         &nbs p;   Phone: 570-586-3587 E-Mail: rubysa1@aol.com Susan Schechtman, M.Ed., Special Education, DIRŪ Certificate Candidate, Level III Contact Information: Pediatric Therapy Associates of Lehigh Valley PC, 3440 Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, PA 18104 Phone: 610-821-0123 E-mail: pschechtma@aol.com Jodie Seligson, M.OT., Occupational Therapist, DIRŪ Certificate Candidate, Level III Contact Information: Totaly Sense-Sational, LLC., 37 East Germantown Pike, Suite 201, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462 Phone: 610-941-6101 E-Mail: araceidoj@comcast.net Mary E. Simpson, B.S., OTR/L, Occupational Therapy, DIRŪ Certificate Candidate, Level II Contact Information: Mynd Works, 207 House Avenue, Camp Hill, PA Phone: 717-909-3773 E-mail: msimpson@myndworks.org  website here are all the professionals in PA   In Western PA our TSS did Floortime with our son. We use Watson Institute for wraparound but all of them do Floortime, Wesley Spectrum, Western Psych, FBR,etc. Ask your BSC to work with the TSS to integrate Floortime into the scheduled activities.We do Floortime and it has done a lot for my girls.  I wasn't able to find a facility close enough so I read both the above mentioned books by Greenspan and perused the internet.  I also joined the two Floortime Yahoo Groups (Floortime is one and the other is Floortimers) and posted for help with finding a Floortime therapist locally.  I had three seperate local therapist contact me offering to come to my home and do an eval and set up a home program.  I did that and learned a great deal.  The therapist can monitor us by visits/videos so no facility is needed.  Good luck!Great resources and advice here, thank you for all your responses!I pretty much agree with all that's been said here...a lot of my daughter's teachers and therapists have used floortime in their approach, especially when she was younger, and i think the books are a good way to begin. Also, later if you are dealing with a school system you can advocate for those who are working with your child to be trained in that approach. That's what I've done with my daughter, however, I should say that in her case she didn't really progress that much without the help of ABA and dietary interventions. Good luck!
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