| Changing Destinies: The Re-Start Infant Family Programme for Early Autistic Behaviours Contributor(s): Acquarone, Stella (Author), Jimenez Aquarone, Isabel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0367103206 ISBN-13: 9780367103200 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $178.13 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Pediatrics - Psychology | Psychopathology - Autism Spectrum Disorders - Psychology | Movements - Behaviorism |
| Dewey: 618.928 |
| Series: United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy |
| Physical Information: 302 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 |
Contributor Bio(s): Acquarone, Stella: - Stella Acquarone is the Director of the Parent-Infant Clinic of the School of Infant Mental Health in London and its branch in the USA. She is a practicing adult and child psychotherapist and has worked in the NHS for thirty one years. A member of the British Psychological Society, the Association of Child Psychotherapists and the London Centre for Psychotherapy, Acquarone has pioneered studies in early infant clinical research and development, and lectures internationally on all aspects of infant-parent development and psychotherapy. She has written extensively in professional papers, journals and chapters in books and has taught infant observational studies and new clinical strategies in working with disturbed children. |