The Floortime Center - Bethesda

My son went to speech therapy at Floortime 1-2 times per week for 1.5 years from age 3 to age 4 and we had an excellent experience! He came in with a lot difficulties communicating by the end of his time with the program had completely turned it around. The play focus of the program worked really well for him. He remains extremely talkative now and we’re very grateful that we addressed his delay early. I would highly recommend trying it out to see if it’s the right fit for your child.

The theories used by the Floortime Center were developed by Dr. Stanley Greenspan, who was highly respected in the field of child psychology. He trained the directors, his son Jake Greenspan and Tim Bleecker, who carry on his excellent tradition.

The Floortime center is truly one of a kind. The traditional therapies our son received prior to coming to Floortime treated him as if all the "behaviors" he was exhibiting were due to a lack of self-control and stubbornness and thus needed to be corrected by negative and/or positive reinforcements. It did not work. When they told me "it will get worse before it gets better" I knew I had to terminate those therapies. We knew our son could do better. We knew he was trying to communicate and couldn't (in the way we wanted him to). We knew there was a missing link and yet, even as a professional educator for young children myself, I couldn't figure out how to engage him. He didn't "fit" the stereotype of an "autistic" child as our previous therapists would say. We visited Floortime from Calif

The Floortime center is a good place to help kids achieve social-emotional developmental goals. Any child at any stage can benefit from the therapy services provided here. The therapists are qualified and caring, and they all communicate with each other to ensure they work towards the same goals. I would recommend this center to help your kids work towards and meet developmental milestones.

Our son has done nothing but achieve and progress since coming here! This is a pediatric specialty practice, which has under one roof all disciplines of specialists who can effectively treat Autism Spectrum Disorder in a relaxed, child-centric enviroment. The staff is delightful, nothing but supportive and responsive in all forms of communication. I echo the previous review, that if I could rate it higher then 5 stars I would!! We can never thank you all enough for what you've done for our family! God Bless you!!