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inGood Autism Practice - GAP > 11-2 (October 2010) . - p.46-63

Titre :	Clinical observations of the differences between children on the autism spectrum and those with attachment problems: The Coventry Grid
Type de document :	Texte imprimé et/ou numérique
Auteurs :	Heather MORAN, Auteur
Année de publication :	2010
Article en page(s) :	p.46-63
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Index. décimale :	PER Périodiques
Résumé :	It is often problematic when a child has experienced a very difficult early life or serious abuse or trauma to determine whether the child has attachment problems or is on the autism spectrum or both, as the presenting problems may appear very similar on referral. Heather Moran is a Consultant Child Clinical Psychologist who works within a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). Over the last few years, she has met with other professionals in the West Midlands to discuss the similarities and differences between children on the autism spectrum and children with attachment problems and their response to interventions. This paper is a work in progress and presents the thoughts and ideas generated to date. It is presented here as others also ponder the same questions and Heather would welcome readers’ views on this. When one is unsure about the underlying explanation for a child’s difficulties, it is advisable to continue diagnostic assessment and discussions during the interventions, using the child’s response to strategies as evidence on the nature of his or her difficulties. There is a danger that if a child is placed in a specific diagnostic category, s/he may be excluded access from services or interventions that might help (if services are only given when a particular diagnosis is made). As the diagnostic process is a subjective one, in the absence of definitive tests, then there will always be some children who are inappropriately diagnosed. If more detailed criteria are created to help in the diagnostic process — as is attempted in this paper, then potentially fewer children will lose out. 0f course, if clinicians believe that both sets of children — those with attachment problems and those on the autism spectrum — benefit from the same services and strategies, the diagnostic category in which they are placed may be deemed less important. The need for clarification and for papers such as this, is clear.
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[article] Clinical observations of the differences between children on the autism spectrum and those with attachment problems: The Coventry Grid [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Heather MORAN, Auteur . - 2010 . - p.46-63.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Good Autism Practice - GAP > 11-2 (October 2010) . - p.46-63

Index. décimale :	PER Périodiques
Résumé :	It is often problematic when a child has experienced a very difficult early life or serious abuse or trauma to determine whether the child has attachment problems or is on the autism spectrum or both, as the presenting problems may appear very similar on referral. Heather Moran is a Consultant Child Clinical Psychologist who works within a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). Over the last few years, she has met with other professionals in the West Midlands to discuss the similarities and differences between children on the autism spectrum and children with attachment problems and their response to interventions. This paper is a work in progress and presents the thoughts and ideas generated to date. It is presented here as others also ponder the same questions and Heather would welcome readers’ views on this. When one is unsure about the underlying explanation for a child’s difficulties, it is advisable to continue diagnostic assessment and discussions during the interventions, using the child’s response to strategies as evidence on the nature of his or her difficulties. There is a danger that if a child is placed in a specific diagnostic category, s/he may be excluded access from services or interventions that might help (if services are only given when a particular diagnosis is made). As the diagnostic process is a subjective one, in the absence of definitive tests, then there will always be some children who are inappropriately diagnosed. If more detailed criteria are created to help in the diagnostic process — as is attempted in this paper, then potentially fewer children will lose out. 0f course, if clinicians believe that both sets of children — those with attachment problems and those on the autism spectrum — benefit from the same services and strategies, the diagnostic category in which they are placed may be deemed less important. The need for clarification and for papers such as this, is clear.
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