Floortime

[Anonymous]

We just started seeing Jake Greenspan and the folks at DIRSS a few weeks ago. My daughter has mid-range regulatory/sensory processing issues. Her langauge is great, but she has mid-level interaction and muscle tone issues. So far, our floortime is working well for her interaction, but not wild progress (her interaction with us was already good).

Anyway, I work PT, my daughter goes to school 4x a week (mornings) and my husband works FT AND we have a younger daughter as well. I am a little overwhelmed by the amount of time we are "supposed to" spend doing floortime in light of the fact that I am not always at home with my DD, and she is in school -- which I also think is quite important. I am willing to put in all time that I possibly can, BUT, there are not enough hours in the day for the floortime and the home OT we are supposed to do. Anyone else feel this way and have any advice?

[Anonymous]

How do interaction issues present themselves?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We just started seeing Jake Greenspan and the folks at DIRSS a few weeks ago. My daughter has mid-range regulatory/sensory processing issues. Her langauge is great, but she has mid-level interaction and muscle tone issues. So far, our floortime is working well for her interaction, but not wild progress (her interaction with us was already good).

Anyway, I work PT, my daughter goes to school 4x a week (mornings) and my husband works FT AND we have a younger daughter as well. I am a little overwhelmed by the amount of time we are "supposed to" spend doing floortime in light of the fact that I am not always at home with my DD, and she is in school -- which I also think is quite important. I am willing to put in all time that I possibly can, BUT, there are not enough hours in the day for the floortime and the home OT we are supposed to do. Anyone else feel this way and have any advice?

We felt the same way. I think the trick is to realize that you can integrate Floortime (or at least Floortime-like concepts) into everyday activities such as eating, bathing, changing, going to the park, etc. You should talk to Jake or Tim about how to do this. Floortime is really a natural way to interact with your child. Regular Floortime "sessions" are still important, but as you learn the concepts behind Floortime you can be less rigid about them. At least, this has been our experience.

[Anonymous]

For anyone who has done Floortime, did you see a big improvement in your child's behavior? How long did it take before you noticed a change?