We're not interested in making our child look normal. We prefer to aim a little higher. Stan, you're still our man Not surprisingly, New York comes down rather hard on our beloved Stanley Greenspan. The description of Greenspan's intervention method is innocent enough. Intervention approaches using the DIR model are based on the theory that symptoms of a child with autism may be related to underlying biologically based processing difficulties which cause the child to have problems with relationships and affective interactions.
Parents receive training and feedback on working with their child.
Depending upon the child s needs, the child may also receive other interventions, including behavioral and educational approaches. Proponents of the DIR model consider it to be a conceptual framework that incorporates a variety of approaches tailored to the child's developmental level rather than a single, specific intervention method. In the panel s opinion, some aspects of the DIR model may be consistent with the common elements of interventions that have been shown to be effective for children with autism in other programs and studies. The panel concluded that the DIR model forms the basis for some interventions currently being used for young children with autism and, therefore, the panel chose to evaluate the DIR model as a general intervention method. Unfortunately, the panel remained suspicious of our guy.