The All About Me programme: a framework for sharing the autism diagnosis with children and young people / Andrew MILLER in Good Autism Practice - GAP, 16-1 (May 2015)

Public ISBD [article]  inGood Autism Practice - GAP > 16-1 (May 2015) . - p.79-92 Titre : The All About Me programme: a framework for sharing the autism diagnosis with children and young people Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Andrew MILLER, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.79-92 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Andrew Miller is a member of an Autism Advisory Service which supports children in mainstream and special schools. He developed a programme called All About Me based on the work of Jude Welton, a psychologist and mother of a child with Asperger syndrome. The programme is designed to explain and share the diagnosis with the child, with their parents present. Andrew has used this programme with over 200 child- ren in the last few years and on the basis of his experience feels that it works well for the majority of children. In this paper, he suggests how to identify which children might benefit from this work, outlines the content of the three sessions and then gives details on the work done with four primary-aged boys. A booklet is produced at the end of the sessions and an example of this is given in the Appendix. This paper will be of interest and value to parents and professionals wanting to share and discuss the diagnosis with children and young people on the autism spectrum. Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=258 [article] The All About Me programme: a framework for sharing the autism diagnosis with children and young people [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Andrew MILLER, Auteur . - p.79-92. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Good Autism Practice - GAP > 16-1 (May 2015) . - p.79-92 Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Andrew Miller is a member of an Autism Advisory Service which supports children in mainstream and special schools. He developed a programme called All About Me based on the work of Jude Welton, a psychologist and mother of a child with Asperger syndrome. The programme is designed to explain and share the diagnosis with the child, with their parents present. Andrew has used this programme with over 200 child- ren in the last few years and on the basis of his experience feels that it works well for the majority of children. In this paper, he suggests how to identify which children might benefit from this work, outlines the content of the three sessions and then gives details on the work done with four primary-aged boys. A booklet is produced at the end of the sessions and an example of this is given in the Appendix. This paper will be of interest and value to parents and professionals wanting to share and discuss the diagnosis with children and young people on the autism spectrum. Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=258

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