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Libling M.M.

6 articles 6 articles
Articles co-authors
Baenskaya E.R.
Guseva I.E.
Kalmykova N.Yu.

The game in the infantile autism correction

Libling M.M.
The game is considered as the basic form of work with preschool children with autism, the primary one regarding to other activities. There is grounded understanding of the general direction of the gaming correction in autism as a movement “from autostimulation towards the mutual shared activity”. Methods of forming of the mutual shared activity during the game with the autistic child are described. There is shown in consecutive order the logic of the gaming correctional work, there are discussed the aims and goals of the each stage of the lessons.

The Role of Play in Special Correctional Work on Disorders of the Autistic Spectrum

Libling M.M.
The article discusses the specifics of playing activities with autistic preschoolers from the standpoint of the emotional and meaningful approach to the correction of autism developed at the Institute of Special Education of the Russian Academy of Education. The main goals, methods and general logic of the special work based on the play are discussed.

Defining the type of autistic disorder in preschoolers with the diagnostics of psycho-emotional development

Kalmykova N.Yu., Libling M.M.
The article presents a method of diagnostics of psycho-emotional development of preschool children with autism spectrum disorders, developed on the basis of the concept of affective development disorders in childhood autism. Unlike the existing diagnostic tools, the diagnostics under consideration makes it possible not only to assess the main directions of the child development but also to correlate the results with a specific type of autism which allows to get a holistic understanding of patterns of child behavior and prospects of development.

Fears of the children with autism. Part 2

Guseva I.E., Libling M.M., Baenskaya E.R.
The article analyses the specificity of the origin of fears and their fixation in children with disorders of autistic spectrum in comparison with normally developing children. Theу are described in accordance with the culture the ways of overcoming of frightening impressions in children of the early age in case of normal affective development. There are presented at length the fears features in the early age children of the four groups of the autistic development, according to Nikolskaya classification. The article bases the ways of fears softening as a part of the integral system of special impacts directed at the autistic child interaction with the environment, increasing of his activity and stamina in contacting with the world.

Playing holding therapy for autism: methodological features and ethical aspects of application

Libling M.M.
The article tells about the playing holding therapy – a modification of the well-known foreign method. There is presented an experience of playing holding therapy application in the sphere of special assistance for the children with autism and their families. There is described an investigation of psychological mechanism of this method which shows, that in the process of the playing holding therapy the affection of a child towards his mother is being formed. It’s qualitatively compared with the affection of an early age child towards the mother in normal ontogenesis. There are specified methodological recommendations and ethic aspects of the therapy are discussed.

Ten arguments against ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis) therapy

Libling M.M.
The article gives proof of the opinion concerning an inadequacy of ABA therapy as a basic method of infantile autism correction. There is discussed the disparity in the behavioral methods to the aim of the child development. The emphasis is laid on the necessity of gaming lessons with preschool autistic children and of creating of special conditions for their conscious learning social and everyday skills.
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