Words of Inspiration and Motivation

Stanley Greenspan, MD

“For many years, the behavioral model – which did help some children fit into school and home life – was the only model. Today, with the insights we now have into the way the nervous system develops and the way children acquire their core abilities, deeper change and greater opportunities to lead rich full lives are possible for children with ASD. When practitioners build a healthy developmental foundation, children may also overcome symptoms.”

“Yet in spite of this expanding approach, practitioners still tend to focus on symptoms and on only a few of the underlying processing differences. Even though emerging evidence favors a dynamic model, the vast majority of children with ASD have access only to older, static approaches that deal insufficiently with each child’s unique developmental profile and potential for growth. Despite their limited success, many of these approaches have remained unchanged for many years.”

 Greenspan, S. & Wieder, S. (2009). Engaging autism: Using the floortime approach to help children relate, communicate, and think. Da Capo Press.

Ann Turnbull, Ed.D.

“Families who successfully meet the challenge of a child with a disability have much to teach us, not only about what works, so that we may provide support to those who are struggling, but also about our own attitudes toward people with disabilities.”

Summers, Jean Ann, Behr, Shirley K., Turnbull, Ann P. (1988). Positive                                               Adaptation and Coping Strengths of Families who have Children with                                                   Disabilities. Brooks Publishing.




Louise Derman-Sparks
"I've seen the wonderful impact that using what I call an anti bias approach not just on children but on the teacher's who have to kind of figure out who they are and understand their own selves and uncover their own discomforts and misinformation. "
Laureate Education, Inc. (2010). The passion for early childhood. Baltimore: Author.