Stanley Greenspan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Stanley Greenspan

American psychiatrist & psychoanalyst

Date of Birth: 01-Jun-1941

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 27-Apr-2010

Profession: psychiatrist, psychotherapist, Clinical Professor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Stanley Greenspan (June 1, 1941 – April 27, 2010) was a clinical professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral Science, and Pediatrics at George Washington University Medical School and a practicing child psychiatrist.
He was best known for developing the influential floortime approach for treating children with autistic spectrum disorders and developmental disabilities.He was Chairman of the Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders and also a Supervising Child Psychoanalyst at the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute.
A graduate of Harvard College and Yale Medical School, Dr.
Greenspan was the founding president of Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families and former director of the National Institute of Mental Health's Clinical Infant Developmental Program and Mental Health Study Center.