Stanley Greenspan, internationally known for his work withinfants, young children, and their families, and his colleague,nationally recognized child psychologist Serena Wieder, have forthe first time integrated their award-winning research and clinicalexperience into a definitive guide to raising children with specialneeds. In this essential work they lay out a complete, step-by-stepapproach for parents, educators, and others who work withdevelopmental problems. Covering all kinds of disabilitiesincludingautism, PPD, language and speech problems, Down syndrome, cerebralpalsy, and ADDthe authors offer a new understanding of the natureof these challenges and also specific ways of helping childrenextend their intellectual and emotional potential. The authorsfirst show how to move beyond labels to observe the uniqueprofilestrengths and problemsof the individual child. Next, theydemonstrate the techniques necessary to help the child not onlyreach key milestones but also develop new emotional andintellectual
