Climbing the symbolic ladder in the DIR model through floor time/interactive play

Autism

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 425-435

  Wieder, Serena ^a,c   Greenspan, Stanley I ^b  

^a Interdisciplinary Council   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Autistic spectrum disorders; DIR; Floor time; Symbolic play

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMOTION; FAMILY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GESTURE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PLAY THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMBOLISM; THINKING;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SYMBOLISM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0345329421     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361303007004008     Document Type: Article

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