This page is a simple lesson path. Start with Lesson 1, then move through each storyboard as a short practice you can review before trying one small move in daily life.
All eight starter lessons now use the same storyboard format: one animation, five quick scenes, a caregiver line, and one practice card.
Module 1
Build the relationship-first foundation before trying structured practice.
Reframe support around emotional safety, shared attention, and connection before demands.
Practice: Spend two minutes joining one child-led activity without correcting, quizzing, or redirecting.
Notice whether a child is available, overloaded, withdrawn, seeking input, or ready for challenge.
Practice: Name three body cues you see before choosing your next play move.
Module 2
Practice following the lead and creating back-and-forth circles.
Use interests, repetition, movement, and sensory preferences as the starting point for interaction.
Practice: Copy one action the child already enjoys, then wait for a response.
Build back-and-forth interaction through gaze, gesture, movement, sound, AAC, or words.
Practice: Count five nonverbal or verbal turns without pushing for a specific answer.
Add gentle, joyful challenges that invite problem-solving while preserving trust.
Practice: Pause a favorite routine and offer one playful look, sound, or gesture invitation.
Module 3
Adapt the approach to individual differences, routines, and hard moments.
Adapt play to sensory, motor, language, medical, energy, and family-culture needs.
Practice: Change one environmental factor: sound, light, speed, pressure, space, or choice.
Turn snack, dressing, cleanup, bath, car rides, and bedtime into relationship-rich practice.
Practice: Pick one routine and plan a join, wait, invite, and expand move.
Use safety-first guidance for shutdown, aggression, elopement risk, regression, or medical concerns.
Practice: Write the first professional or emergency support step your family would use if risk rises.
Try It Out
Get hands-on practice with core Floortime concepts before applying them in real life. These tools are free and require no account.
The child is staring at a spinning wheel, breathing slowly, and doesn't look up when you enter the room.
Educational support only. WhisperWise does not diagnose, treat, certify, or replace individualized medical, developmental, mental health, speech-language, occupational therapy, educational, or emergency care.
If a child may harm themselves or others, is at risk of elopement, has sudden regression, feeding or breathing concerns, seizures, severe sleep disruption, or major behavior change, seek qualified professional or emergency support.
Practice ideas should be adapted to the child's communication access, sensory needs, motor safety, medical needs, trauma history, and family culture.
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