Definitions

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  • noun A form of therapeutic intervention, used mainly with autistic children, in which the therapist meets the child at its current developmental level and entices it to move up a hierarchy of developmental milestones.

Etymologies

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floor +‎ time

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Examples

  • She is 28, ABA did not help her at all but floortime and sensory integration treatment did.

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  • If special handling were not enough to ensure that Bryant will see reduced floortime in camp, there is the obvious factor that he played all summer for Team USA.

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  • The clinic we first went to for floortime and I attended parent training had an exercise ball chair that I wanted to get for our home.

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