Background: Increasing literature shows that there is no univocal consensus over the best therapeutic process for the treatment of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in children, a group of diseases primarily defined on the base of behavioral patterns and determined by multiple conditions. Thus far, the most effective treatments reported are psychologically and behaviorally structured and focused on communication. Therapeutic Communities Antenna 112 and Antennina base their intervention on Lacanian Psychoanalysis, specifically adopting the Pratique à Plusieurs suggested by Di Ciaccia, aimed at gendering personal knowledge and learning through the enhancing of personal expression, social bond and multidisciplinary collaboration. Method: The present study aimed at evaluating the presence of improvements in communication, socialization, motor skills, stereotypes, sensorial behaviors, control of impulses and cognitive functioning in a group of five children (range: 10-16) affected by ASD attending a therapeutic program in the communities mentioned above. Within the first months after their entrance, the children were assessed with the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (VABS), the Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ), the Autism Behavior Checklist (ABC), the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS), the Autism Diagnostic Interview – Revised (ADI-R). Assessments were carried for six months each, with a maximum of 2 assessments for each individual. Results: The results highlight, following admittance to TC, improvements in the abilities assessed. Specifically, VABS stress out how subjects significantly improve in the “Daily Living Skills” domain and in the subdomain of “Social Rules”. The analysis of SCQ highlights the significant change for “Social Communication”. Conclusion: These results seem to confirm the importance of an individual-driven practice giving importance to the subjective response of each child and allowing the implementation of a complex rehabilitative and educational program.
Pratique à plusieurs: evaluating the efficacy of treatment in a group of children with autism spectrum disorders.
VECCHIATO, MARTA;SIMONELLI, ALESSANDRA;
2014
Abstract
Background: Increasing literature shows that there is no univocal consensus over the best therapeutic process for the treatment of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in children, a group of diseases primarily defined on the base of behavioral patterns and determined by multiple conditions. Thus far, the most effective treatments reported are psychologically and behaviorally structured and focused on communication. Therapeutic Communities Antenna 112 and Antennina base their intervention on Lacanian Psychoanalysis, specifically adopting the Pratique à Plusieurs suggested by Di Ciaccia, aimed at gendering personal knowledge and learning through the enhancing of personal expression, social bond and multidisciplinary collaboration. Method: The present study aimed at evaluating the presence of improvements in communication, socialization, motor skills, stereotypes, sensorial behaviors, control of impulses and cognitive functioning in a group of five children (range: 10-16) affected by ASD attending a therapeutic program in the communities mentioned above. Within the first months after their entrance, the children were assessed with the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (VABS), the Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ), the Autism Behavior Checklist (ABC), the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS), the Autism Diagnostic Interview – Revised (ADI-R). Assessments were carried for six months each, with a maximum of 2 assessments for each individual. Results: The results highlight, following admittance to TC, improvements in the abilities assessed. Specifically, VABS stress out how subjects significantly improve in the “Daily Living Skills” domain and in the subdomain of “Social Rules”. The analysis of SCQ highlights the significant change for “Social Communication”. Conclusion: These results seem to confirm the importance of an individual-driven practice giving importance to the subjective response of each child and allowing the implementation of a complex rehabilitative and educational program.
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