Neurodiversity autism spectrum and other disorders dir floortime approach in early intervention 2013

Balanced thinking: • Too much reliance on a research paper might not make sense (teaching to point to colored squares), or might not be appropriate for family (e.g. separation of child from parent) • Too much reliance on clinical experience alone might lead to use of ineffective approaches and poor results (e.g. ‘wait and see’ for toddlers at risk for disorders of relating and communicating, overuse of antibiotics for ear infections) 117