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floortime

floortime noun: a form of therapeutic intervention, used mainly with autistic children, in which the therapist meets the child at its current developmental level and entices it to move up a hierarchy of developmental milestones.

Noun

floortime (uncountable)

  1. A form of therapeutic intervention, used mainly with autistic children, in which the therapist meets the child at its current developmental level and entices it to move up a hierarchy of developmental milestones.

Origin of floortime

From floor + time, from the idea of engaging with the child playing on the floor.

Questions about floortime

What does floortime mean?
Floortime means a form of therapeutic intervention, used mainly with autistic children, in which the therapist meets the child at its current developmental level and entices it to move up a hierarchy of developmental milestones.
What part of speech is floortime?
Floortime is a noun.

Words near floortime in the dictionary

  1. floorspaces
  2. floorstone
  3. floorstones
  4. floortile
  5. floortiles
  6. floortime
  7. floorwalker
  8. floorwalkers
  9. floorwalking
  10. floorward
  11. floorwards

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