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Reaching the Young Autistic Child by Sibylle Janert

Table of Contents

- INTRODUCTION

- ADULT BEHAVIOURS THAT HELP THE CHILD’S DEVELOPMENT

1. FACE-TO-FACE PLAY AND SHARED ATTENTION: Where language development begins

i. “Let's Have A Laugh Together!”: The Communicative Delights Of Playfulness

ii. Your Face: The Best Cause-And-Effect Toy Ever Invented: Always The Same and A Little Different

iii. "Make It Bigger!": How to Catch, Reclaim And Hold His Attention

iv. “What’s In A Mouth?”: On Rekindling Instinctive Interests In The Autistic Child

2. TALKING, SINGING AND COMMUNICATING FOR TWO

v. “If Only He'd Talk, He'd Be Alright!”: Being Able To Copy Words Is Not Talking

vi. Don't Go Silent Too: Talk To Him! If Only Because It Keeps You Alive And Thinking

vii. Communication He Won’t Be Able To Resist: Make A Song And Dance Of It!

viii. "It's Time To Do Something Different!" Does He Know How, or Even That, He Could Stop?

ix. “All The Same or Different?” On Pre-symbolic Mental Functioning

3. DANGEROUS HOLES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF FEELING CONTAINED

x. ‘He Won’t Take His Coat Off!’ Feeling Contained: Coats, Covers and Inside Spaces

xi. His Daily TV And Video Bath: How Much Is Good For Him?

xii. "Put It In The Bin" The Relief Of Knowing A Place For The Bad Stuff

xiii. “Get Rid Of It!” On Throwing, Screaming, Eating Dirt, And Running Away

xiv. Like A Shopping-Net With A Hole In It: On Knots, Nets and Metaphors

- LET'S PLAY! - GAMES AND ACTIVITIES: Promoting Growth And Development

1. COMMUNICATION GAMES

xv. ‘Walking The Tightrope Between Fear And Delight’: "I'm Gonna Get You ....!!!" and other Attention-Getting Games

xvi. ‘There And Gone!’: Playing With Distance: Running Away: Inviting You To Play

xvii. “Ready - Steady - - - Push!!!”: Practising Pre-Verbal Skills: Shared Attention, Waiting, Turn-Taking

xviii. The 'Away!-Game': Playing With Rejection, Control, ‘As If’ and ‘Pretend’

2. VOCAL AND MUSICAL INTERACTION GAMES

xix. Mouth And Face Games: Play Music With Your Face!

xx. Pointing Is A Child’s First Sentence: From Shared Attention To Learning To Talk

xxi. Songs That Work And Why: Action Songs, Zappy Rhythms and Surprises

3. INTERACTION-GAMES USING TOYS, BOOKS AND OTHER OBJECTS

xxii. Peekaboo And Hiding Games: Attention And Interaction Through Suspense And Surprise

xxiii. The Meaning and Magic of Posting-Boxes: "This Into That!", "There And Gone!" And "I Can Do It!"

xxiv. ‘He’s Funny With Books’: On bridging the gaps between pages

- TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF IT

1. THE ADDICTIVE NATURE OF AUTISTIC BEHAVIOURS

xxv. When A Cuddle Is Not A Cuddle: On Wanting To Be An "Inside Baby"

xxvi. When A Toy Is Neither A Toy Nor A Comforter: What Is An ‘Autistic Object’ Good For?

xxvii. “Why Is He Flapping Something All The Time?”: The Hypnotic Power Of Anything

2. FOCUSSING ON BODY-SENSATIONS WITHOUT MEANING

xxviii. Letting The Mind Fall Apart: Seeing, Sensations And Not Making Sense

xxix. Lost In Skin- And Bodily Sensations: Sensation Minus Meaning

xxx. “He Is So Good At Jigsaws And Puzzles”: Patterns, Puzzles, And Sensations

- BIBLIOGRAPHY

- INDEX