Changing Destinies

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.

Stella Acquarone

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