Reaching the young autistic child : reclaiming non-autistic potential through communicative strategies and games : a practical resource book for parents, nursery workers, early years teachers and others / Sibylle Janert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Janert, Sibylle.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autism in children--Treatment.

Autism in children.

Autistic children--Rehabilitation.

Autistic children.

Play therapy.

Physical Description:

xi, 163 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Free Association Books, 2000.

Contents:

Part 1 Adult Behaviours That Help the Child's Development 5

1. Face-to-face Play and Shared Attention: Where Language Development Begins 7

Let's Have a Laugh Together: The Communicative Delights of Playfulness 7

Your Face, The Best Cause-and-Effect Toy Ever Invented: Always the Same and a Little Different 12

'Make It Bigger!': How to Catch, Reclaim and Hold his Attention 17

What's In a Mouth?: On Rekindling Instinctive Interests 21

2. Talking, Singing and Communicating for Two 26

'If Only He'd Talk, He'd Be Alright': Being Able to Copy Words is Not Talking 26

Don't Go Silent Too

Talk to Him: If Only Because it Keeps You Alive and Thinking 31

Communication He Won't Be Able to Resist: Make a Song and Dance of It 35

'It's Time to Do Something Different': Does He Know How, or Even That, He Could Stop? 41

All the Same or Different?: On Pre-symbolic Mental Functioning 45

3. Dangerous Holes and the Importance of Feeling Contained 50

'He Won't Take His Coat Off': Feeling Contained: Coats, Covers and Inside Spaces 50

His Daily TV and Video Bath: How Much Is Good For Him? 54

'Put It In the Bin': The Relief of Knowing a Place for the Bad Stuff 57

'Get Rid Of It': On Throwing, Screaming, Eating Dirt, and Running Away 61

Like a Net with a Hole In It: On Knots, Nets and Metaphors 66

Part II Let's Play!

Games and Activities: Promoting Growth and Development 73

4. Communication Games 75

Walking The Tightrope Between Fear and Delight: 'I'm Gonna Getcha ...!' and other Attention-Getting Games 75

'There and Gone' Playing with Distance: Running Away

Inviting You to Play 79

Ready

Steady

Push!: Practising Pre-Verbal Skills

Shared Attention and Taking Turns 83

The 'Away' Game: Playing With Rejection, Control, 'As If' and 'Pretend' 87

5. Vocal and Musical Interaction Games 92

Mouth and Face Games: Play Music with Your Face! 92

Pointing is a Child's First Sentence: From Shared Attention to Learning to Talk 98

Songs that Work and Why: Action Songs, Zappy Rhythms and Surprises 101

6. Interaction Games Using Toys, Books and Other Objects 109

Peekaboo and Hiding Games: Attention and Interaction through Suspense and Surprise 109

The Meaning and Magic of Posting-boxes: 'This Into That', 'There and Gone' and 'I Can Do It!' 113

'He's Funny with Books': On Bridging the Gaps between Pages 118

Part III Trying to Make Sense of it 123

7. The Addictive Nature of Autistic Behaviours 125

When a Cuddle Is Not a Cuddle: On Wanting to Be an 'Inside Baby' 125

When a Toy Is Neither a Toy Nor a Comforter: What Is an 'Autistic Object' Good For? 129

'Why Is He Jigging Something All the Time?': The Hypnotic Power of Anything 133

8. Focussing on Body-sensations Without Meaning 138

Letting the Mind Fall Apart About Seeing, Sensations and Not Making Sense 138

Lost In Skin and Bodily Sensations: Sensation Minus Meaning 143

'He's So Good at Jigsaws and Puzzles': Patterns, Puzzles and Sensations 146.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [155]-157) and index.

ISBN:

1853434981

OCLC:

49530299