Changing destinies : the Re-Start Infant Family Programme for early autistic behaviours / Stella Acquarone and Isabel Jimenez Acquarone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Acquarone, Stella, author.

Series:

United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy series.

United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autism in children.

Autistic children--Care.

Autistic children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2018.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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 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". In the first section of the book we learn about the up-to-date research in psychoanalysis, neurobiology, and paediatrics which underpin the Re:Start intensive programme. In the second section, the programme 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 behaviours 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 programme. 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 behaviours and taking the necessary steps to help themselves and their children."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD; Introduction; PART I UNDERPINNINGS OF OUR APPROACH; CHAPTER ONE Understanding early signs of autism in babies; CHAPTER TWO A psychoanalytic approach to treating early signs of autism; CHAPTER THREE Neurobiological development and autistic behaviours; CHAPTER FOUR How paediatric assessment helps in early diagnosis of autism; PART II A MODEL FOR TREATMENT; CHAPTER FIVE Re:Start: an infant-family treatment programme for young children displaying pre-autistic and autistic behaviours

CHAPTER SIX Joseph (aged two years): an in-depth case studyCHAPTER SEVEN Geronimo (aged three years, two months): a complex child; CHAPTER EIGHT Filippo (aged eighteen months): a focus on siblings; CHAPTER NINE Nicola: an intensive treatment with an eight-month-old; CHAPTER TEN The parents; CHAPTER ELEVEN Working with the children in their context: home visits and follow-up; CHAPTER TWELVE Integration into mainstream education following the Re:Start intensive family treatment programme; PART III PARENTS' FEEDBACK AND AUTHORS' CONCLUSION

CHAPTER THIRTEEN Testimonials: feedback from four families who have undergone the Re:Start programmeConclusion; APPENDIX I Scales and graphs: measuring the effect of the intensive intervention (the "numbers" and how they are calculated); APPENDIX II A glimpse inside the mind of a therapist working with children with autistic behaviours; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 18, 2016).

ISBN:

0-429-91176-9

0-429-89753-7

0-429-47276-5

1-78241-378-2

9780429472763

OCLC:

1048766688