Changing Destinies: The Re-Start Infant Family Programme for Early Autistic Behaviours

ISBN-13: 9781782202233 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 302 str.

Stella Acquarone

Opis

The 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 behaviors 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 program, a multidisciplinary team works with the parents and through the family relationships to reconfigure dysfunctional dynamics with the aim to -change destinies.-

In the first section of the book we learn about the up-to-date research in psychoanalysis, neurobiology, and pediatrics which underpin the Re-Start intensive program. In the second section, the program itself is described in three parts: assessment, therapy, and follow-on care continuing the progress made during treatment in the child's home environment. With this three-pronged approach, a child's early behaviors can be monitored and changed, giving a baby the best chance to develop into a healthy child, and even enter mainstream education. A sample timetable of the three-week intensive intervention is included as well as the scales and graphs used to assess the relationship and monitor progress in four areas: interpersonal, sensorial, motor and affect. In the third section we are presented with the testimonies of parents who have taken part in the program.

This book is equally important both as a documentation of a successful treatment model for researchers and clinicians, and as an aid for concerned parents to understanding pre-autistic behaviors and taking the necessary steps to help themselves and their children.

Spis treści

UKCP 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

O autorze

Stella Acquarone