Description
Book SynopsisThe term ''pre-autism'' is becoming more widespread as a result of growing awareness of the importance of a child''s first three years of life in diagnosing behaviours which, if untreated, can develop into autism. In this book we are shown the problems parents can experience when their young child does not respond to them in a ''typical'' way, how they often voice concerns that something is ''not quite right'' with their child, and how it is important to address these concerns, which may be signs of pre-autism. This book is about a new approach called ''Re:Start'', developed by Stella Acquarone, to diagnose and treat early autism. In the Re:Start infant/family programme, a multidisciplinary team works with the parents and through the family relationships to reconfigure dysfunctional dynamics with the aim to change destinies.
Table of ContentsUKCP Series Preface , Foreword , Introduction , Underpinnings of Our Approach , Understanding early signs of autism in babies , A psychoanalytic approach to treating early signs of autism , Neurobiological development and autistic behaviours , How paediatric assessment helps in early diagnosis of autism , A Model for Treatment , Re:Start: an infant–family treatment programme for young children displaying pre-autistic and autistic behaviours , Joseph (aged two years): an in-depth case study , Geronimo (aged three years, two months): a complex child , Filippo (aged eighteen months): a focus on siblings , Nicola: an intensive treatment with an eight-month-old , The parents , Working with the children in their context: home visits and follow-up , Integration into mainstream education following the Re:Start intensive family treatment programme , Parents’ Feedback and Authors’ Conclusion , Testimonials: feedback from four families who have undergone the Re:Start programme , Conclusion , Scales and graphs: measuring the effect of the intensive intervention (the “numbers” and how they are calculated) , A glimpse inside the mind of a therapist working with children with autistic behaviours
