Building Healthy Minds The Six Experiences That Create Intelligence And Emotional Growth In Babies And Young Children

by Greenspan, Stanley I.; Lewis, Nancy

• ISBN13: 9780738203560
• ISBN10: 0738203564
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-10-05
• Publisher: Balance

Summary

Every parent wants to raise a bright, happy, and moral child, but until Stanley Greenspan investigated the building blocks of cognitive, social, emotional, and moral development, no one could show parents how and when these qualities begin. In this book Dr. Greenspan, the internationally admired child psychiatrist, identifies the six key experiences that enable children to reach their full potential. InBuilding Healthy Minds, he draws upon discoveries made in his research and practice as he describes the many ways in which games, fantasy play, and conversations with and without words encourage this development. No one has looked so deeply into the very earliest stages of human development, and no other book makes such vital and effective information available to every parent.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction: How Minds Grow	1	(15)
Becoming Calm, Attentive, and Interested in the World	15	(34)
Falling in Love	49	(36)
Becoming a Two-Way Communicator	85	(46)
Solving Problems and Forming a Sense of Self	131	(68)
Discovering a World of Ideas	199	(54)
Building Bridges Between Ideas	253	(76)
Floor-Time: Nurturing All Six Levels of Intelligence and Emotional Health at the Same Time	329	(34)
Giving More and Expecting More	363	(8)
Appendix I: The Functional Developmental Growth Chart and Questionnaire	371	(8)
Appendix II: The Six Essential Developmental Stages and the Growth of the Brain	379	(4)
Appendix III: Ten Ways to Environmentally Childproof Your Home	383	(4)
About the Authors	387	(2)
Index	389