Floortime

Floortime is a developmental intervention for children experiencing developmental delays due to autism, Asperger syndrome, or other developmental disorders. Floortime involves meeting a child at his or her current developmental level, and building upon a particular set of strengths. Floortime is child-focused—the parent or therapist follows the child's lead, with playful positive attention and tuning in to the child's interests. Proponents of Floortime claim that by entering into a child’s world, support can be given to climb the 'developmental ladder'.

While interventions such as Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and the Lovaas technique have proved effective as interventions for autism spectrum disorders, new types of developmental interventions such as Floortime have emerged in response to criticisms that the rote learning involved with behavioral interventions may not result in generalized learning.