Dr. Stanley Greenspan, an author and autism expert, passed away yesterday.Greenspan was the former director of the National Institute of Mental Health's Clinical Infant Development Program and Mental Health Study Center in Bethesda, MD. He created the highly popular Developmental, Individual Differences, Relationship-based model (DIR) method for children and infants, which includes the Floortime training series. In 1981, he received the Ittleson Prize, the American Psychiatric Association's award for child psychiatry research.
To read more about Greenspan's accomplishments, visit the Examiner for a full tribute article. To purchase one of his many books and published articles, visit Greenspan's official site at http://stanleygreenspan.com/. The CeDIR library also has copies of the Floortime series in circulation; email us for information on how to check them out.
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