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...

This book is about the hope underlying the ability to survive the early years.

Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is both metaphor and framework of the despair and hopelessness some babies and parents experience in their efforts to hold on and go through difficult circumstances. Their early experiences are not voyages -into a sunny and cheerful sea- some are years-long voyages into horror and weariness--babies born into difficult families, into countries in difficulties or into difficult circumstances.

Some babies born into difficulties are pretty much...