Perseus Academic: Engaging Autism by Stanley I. Greenspan

The inspiring success of Dr. Stanley Greenspan’s unique approach to autism and ASD (autistic spectrum disorders) is known to grateful parents and professionals throughout the world. Now at last his highly effective and influential program is presented in one clear and accessible volume. Dr. Greenspan’s extremely successful Floortime approach is producing very promising results that could one day stem the tide against this dreaded disorder. No one involved in the care of children with autism, parent or professional, can afford to be without this landmark work.

Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D., is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at George Washington University Medical School. The world’s foremost authority on clinical work with infants and young children, he is the author or editor of over thirty-eight books, translated into over a dozen languages, including Growth of the Mind,The Challenging Child, The First Idea with Stuart G. Shanker, D. Phil,., and together with T. Berry Brazelton, M.D., The Irreducible Needs of Children.

Serena Wieder, Ph.D., Association Editor of the Journal of Developmental and Learning Disorders, is co-author, with Dr. Greenspan, of The Child with Special Needs and a close colleague of Dr. Greenspan’s in all his work in the field of autism.

Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D., author of the widely used and praised books The Challenging Child and (with Serena Wieder, Ph.D.) Engaging Autism, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at George Washington University Medical School and lives in Bethesda, Maryland. Serena Wieder, Ph.D., Associate Editor of the Journal of Developmental and Learning Disorders, is co-author with Dr. Greenspan of The Child with Special Needs and a close colleague of Dr. Greenspan's in all his work in the field of autism.