Kostin Igor A.
6 articles
6 articles
Outlook on Autism from Within: Reviewing Autobiographical Sketches
Kostin I.A.
The review presents and anlyses extensive excerpts from books written by autistic adults about their lives, especially about their childhood.
Psychological Support to Autistic Adolescents
Kostin I.A.
The article is devoted to the methods and objectives of individual psychological follow-up of persons of teenage and youthful age suffering affective disorders (AD). The main directions of such follow-up are presented, including the features of interaction arranged in this paper.
WAIS Test Experience for Face-to-face Work with Autistic Adolescent
Kostin I.A.
The article written in "case analysis" genre reports on investigating intelligence of a 14-year-old autistic adolescent as part of WAIS Test. Those clarifications and minor changes are listed, which are advisable to be included in the testing procedures and performance measurement when dealing with such trial subjects. Characteristics of the intellectual profile of the trial subject are described and analyzed, possible constraints of the use of the profile thus obtained are discussed; concise recommendations for further psycho-correctional support of the adolescent on the basis of test results are provided.
Arranging Informal Communication of Adolescents and Adults with Consequences of Childhood Autism
Kostin I.A.
The article describes in detail the best practice of group meetings (the Club) held at the Institute of Special Education for many years for adolescents and adults with pervasive developmental disorders. Emotionally stimulating and developmental exposure of the Club members to the situation of communication has been analyzed, possible forms of Club work and specificity of moderators' performance have been described.
Assisting adolescents and adults with mental disabilities in acquiring more mature psychological attitudes
Kostin I.A.
The article provides an insight into difficulties of the psychological maturation of adolescents and young people with mental disabilities. The paper describes trends in psychological care assisting to acquire internal mature attitudes related to development of the ideas about ages and a life cycle of an individual, understanding of the opportunities to make choices and feasible decisions, adopting caring attitudes to people around, etc.
Peculiarity of volitional processes and proper social environment for a person with autism spectrum disorder
Kostin I.A.
The article describes ways of maintaining social environment that alleviates volitional impairment in adults with autism spectrum disorder. Rules of dialogic interaction are an important feature of such environment.