Psychological correction of early infantile autism
Nikol'skaia, O.S.
Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 80(10): 1542-1545
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4588 PMID: 7435042 Document Number: 155922
The possibility of psychological correction of early childhood autism was studied in 11 children. The work is based on an analysis of psychic dysontogenesis regularities and seeks bypass ways of mental development, the possibilities of the environmental arrangement and adults' influence to help to overcome biologically conditioned difficulties in the development of autistic children. They will mainly include a reduction of the emotional and motor tone, an elevated tendency towards sensory and emotional discomfort, the difficulties in the organization of goal-oriented actions. Sensory-emotional sparing regimen, games aimed at the rise of the emotional tone, the ways of a child's activity development and a need in communication are elaborated.