From the Emotional Integration to the Cognitive Construction: The Developmental Approach of Turtle Project in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder / Magda DI RENZO in Autism - Open Access, 6-1 ([01/01/2016])  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism - Open Access > 6-1 [01/01/2016] . - 9 p. Titre : From the Emotional Integration to the Cognitive Construction: The Developmental Approach of Turtle Project in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Magda DI RENZO, Auteur ; Federico BIANCHI DI CASTELBIANCO, Auteur ; Elena VANADIA, Auteur ; Massimiliano PETRILLO, Auteur ; Lidia RACINARO, Auteur ; Monica REA, Auteur Article en page(s) : 9 p. Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autism  Autism spectrum  ADOS  Therapeutic efficacy  Developmental approach Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background: Children with autism spectrum disorder show a deficit in neurobiological processes. This deficit hinders the development of intentional behavior and appropriate problem-solving, leading the child to implement repetitive and stereotyped behaviors and to have difficulties in reciprocal interactions, empathy and in the development of a theory of mind. The objective of this research is to verify the effectiveness of a relationship-based approach on the positive evolution of autistic symptoms. Method: A sample of 80 children with autism spectrum disorder was monitored during the first four years of therapy, through a clinical diagnostic assessment at the time of intake and then in two follow-up. Results: The results showed that through the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule it is possible to assess the socio-relational key elements on which the therapy is based. There was evidence, in fact, of significant improvements after two and four years of therapy, both for children with severe autistic symptoms and for those in autistic spectrum. Conclusions: Socio-relational aspects represent the primary element on which work in therapy with autistic children and can be considered as indicators of a positive evolution and prognosis that will produce improvements even in the cognitive area. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2165-7890.1000160 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=409 [article] From the Emotional Integration to the Cognitive Construction: The Developmental Approach of Turtle Project in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Magda DI RENZO, Auteur ; Federico BIANCHI DI CASTELBIANCO, Auteur ; Elena VANADIA, Auteur ; Massimiliano PETRILLO, Auteur ; Lidia RACINARO, Auteur ; Monica REA, Auteur . - 9 p. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism - Open Access > 6-1 [01/01/2016] . - 9 p. Mots-clés : Autism  Autism spectrum  ADOS  Therapeutic efficacy  Developmental approach Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background: Children with autism spectrum disorder show a deficit in neurobiological processes. This deficit hinders the development of intentional behavior and appropriate problem-solving, leading the child to implement repetitive and stereotyped behaviors and to have difficulties in reciprocal interactions, empathy and in the development of a theory of mind. The objective of this research is to verify the effectiveness of a relationship-based approach on the positive evolution of autistic symptoms. Method: A sample of 80 children with autism spectrum disorder was monitored during the first four years of therapy, through a clinical diagnostic assessment at the time of intake and then in two follow-up. Results: The results showed that through the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule it is possible to assess the socio-relational key elements on which the therapy is based. There was evidence, in fact, of significant improvements after two and four years of therapy, both for children with severe autistic symptoms and for those in autistic spectrum. Conclusions: Socio-relational aspects represent the primary element on which work in therapy with autistic children and can be considered as indicators of a positive evolution and prognosis that will produce improvements even in the cognitive area. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2165-7890.1000160 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=409

Parental perception of stress and emotional-behavioural difficulties of children with autism spectrum disorder and specific language impairment / Magda DI RENZO in Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 5 (January-December 2020)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism & Developmental Language Impairments > 5 (January-December 2020) Titre : Parental perception of stress and emotional-behavioural difficulties of children with autism spectrum disorder and specific language impairment Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Magda DI RENZO, Auteur ; Federico BIANCHI DI CASTELBIANCO, Auteur ; Elena VANADIA, Auteur ; Massimiliano PETRILLO, Auteur ; Lidia RACINARO, Auteur ; Monica REA, Auteur Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autism spectrum disorder  emotional difficulties  parental perception  clinical symptoms Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background and aimsThe daily challenges of caring for a child with autism spectrum disorder affect many areas of everyday life and parental well-being, as well as parents’ ability to manage the needs of the family and the child concerned. A better understanding of parents’ perception of their child’s characteristics can allow better support for them and individualize intervention protocols in a more accurate way. The main objective of this study is the evaluation of the perception of stress by parents of children with autism compared to parents of children with specific language impairment.MethodsThe parents of 87 children aged between 2 and 6?years were included in this study, 34 children with a specific language impairment diagnosis and 53 children with an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis (ASD) or at risk of developing it. They were asked to complete a self-report on perceived stress and rating scales on adaptive/problematic behaviours, executive functions and sensory profile of the child.ResultsThe results reveal that parents of ASD children, compared to the control group, showed significantly higher levels of stress, mainly due to the difficulty of managing unexpected events, the feeling of loss of control over one's life and the fear of not being able to cope with the adversities they were experiences. The most critical area, both for ASD and control group, concern the executive function related to emotional reactions.ConclusionsThus, we argue that the difficulties in self-control, sensory modulation and emotional regulation, represent an element of stress for parents of children with developmental disorders.Implications: Regarding the difficulties of children with ASD, supporting the ways in which caregivers adapt to the signals of children is an important strategy, which has now become a key element of treatments for autism mediated by parents. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2396941520971502 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=438 [article] Parental perception of stress and emotional-behavioural difficulties of children with autism spectrum disorder and specific language impairment [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Magda DI RENZO, Auteur ; Federico BIANCHI DI CASTELBIANCO, Auteur ; Elena VANADIA, Auteur ; Massimiliano PETRILLO, Auteur ; Lidia RACINARO, Auteur ; Monica REA, Auteur. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism & Developmental Language Impairments > 5 (January-December 2020) Mots-clés : Autism spectrum disorder  emotional difficulties  parental perception  clinical symptoms Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background and aimsThe daily challenges of caring for a child with autism spectrum disorder affect many areas of everyday life and parental well-being, as well as parents’ ability to manage the needs of the family and the child concerned. A better understanding of parents’ perception of their child’s characteristics can allow better support for them and individualize intervention protocols in a more accurate way. The main objective of this study is the evaluation of the perception of stress by parents of children with autism compared to parents of children with specific language impairment.MethodsThe parents of 87 children aged between 2 and 6?years were included in this study, 34 children with a specific language impairment diagnosis and 53 children with an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis (ASD) or at risk of developing it. They were asked to complete a self-report on perceived stress and rating scales on adaptive/problematic behaviours, executive functions and sensory profile of the child.ResultsThe results reveal that parents of ASD children, compared to the control group, showed significantly higher levels of stress, mainly due to the difficulty of managing unexpected events, the feeling of loss of control over one's life and the fear of not being able to cope with the adversities they were experiences. The most critical area, both for ASD and control group, concern the executive function related to emotional reactions.ConclusionsThus, we argue that the difficulties in self-control, sensory modulation and emotional regulation, represent an element of stress for parents of children with developmental disorders.Implications: Regarding the difficulties of children with ASD, supporting the ways in which caregivers adapt to the signals of children is an important strategy, which has now become a key element of treatments for autism mediated by parents. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2396941520971502 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=438

The Psychomotor Profile in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders: Clinical Assessments and Implications for Therapy / Magda DI RENZO in Autism - Open Access, 7-3 ([01/06/2017])  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism - Open Access > 7-3 [01/06/2017] . - 8 p. Titre : The Psychomotor Profile in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders: Clinical Assessments and Implications for Therapy Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Magda DI RENZO, Auteur ; Federico BIANCHI DI CASTELBIANCO, Auteur ; Elena VANADIA, Auteur ; Lidia RACINARO, Auteur ; Monica REA, Auteur Article en page(s) : 8 p. Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autism spectrum disorder  Body relationship  Psychomotor profiles  ADOS  Leiter-R Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are a class of neurodevelopmental disorders defined by qualitative impairments in social functioning and communication, often accompanied by repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behaviour’s and interests, with their typical onset during the first three years of life. Recent researches demonstrate that early diagnosis and intervention sensibly improve outcomes. Until now, a limit of the most common therapies has been to get poor results in approaching the relational and emotional difficulties that, finding their origin in the early interactions that the child has with the outside world, must take account of the body as first experiential and communicative channel for the new-born. Although the current assessment protocols provide for development scales and observation of motor skills, do not yet exist studies aimed at identifying characteristic psychomotor profiles and too little attention is paid to bodily dimension in therapeutic terms. The purpose of present paper is to examine the psychomotor profiles of 61 children diagnosed with ASD, analyse their specifies and correlations with symptoms and cognitive development. Results show that children with more severe impairment have greater troubles in modulating their body, in attention, in spatial organization, in symbolic play, in motor behaviour’s, starting from imitation, and in communication, even from the most archaic mode, namely the tonic dialogue. Findings, supported by what has already been published on the effectiveness of early developmental-relationship-bodily based approach with ASD children, support the idea that psychomotor area should represent an essential element in childhood rehabilitative therapies, especially in autism, where it is necessary to start from body and experience intended as a solid foundation on which build cognitive and social skills. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2165-7890.1000209 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=410 [article] The Psychomotor Profile in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders: Clinical Assessments and Implications for Therapy [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Magda DI RENZO, Auteur ; Federico BIANCHI DI CASTELBIANCO, Auteur ; Elena VANADIA, Auteur ; Lidia RACINARO, Auteur ; Monica REA, Auteur . - 8 p. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism - Open Access > 7-3 [01/06/2017] . - 8 p. Mots-clés : Autism spectrum disorder  Body relationship  Psychomotor profiles  ADOS  Leiter-R Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are a class of neurodevelopmental disorders defined by qualitative impairments in social functioning and communication, often accompanied by repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behaviour’s and interests, with their typical onset during the first three years of life. Recent researches demonstrate that early diagnosis and intervention sensibly improve outcomes. Until now, a limit of the most common therapies has been to get poor results in approaching the relational and emotional difficulties that, finding their origin in the early interactions that the child has with the outside world, must take account of the body as first experiential and communicative channel for the new-born. Although the current assessment protocols provide for development scales and observation of motor skills, do not yet exist studies aimed at identifying characteristic psychomotor profiles and too little attention is paid to bodily dimension in therapeutic terms. The purpose of present paper is to examine the psychomotor profiles of 61 children diagnosed with ASD, analyse their specifies and correlations with symptoms and cognitive development. Results show that children with more severe impairment have greater troubles in modulating their body, in attention, in spatial organization, in symbolic play, in motor behaviour’s, starting from imitation, and in communication, even from the most archaic mode, namely the tonic dialogue. Findings, supported by what has already been published on the effectiveness of early developmental-relationship-bodily based approach with ASD children, support the idea that psychomotor area should represent an essential element in childhood rehabilitative therapies, especially in autism, where it is necessary to start from body and experience intended as a solid foundation on which build cognitive and social skills. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2165-7890.1000209 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=410

T.U.L.I.P. Protocol (TCE, UOI, Leiter-R as Indicators of Predictivity) for the Assessment of the Developmental Potential in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders / Magda DI RENZO in Autism - Open Access, 6-4 ([01/07/2016])  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism - Open Access > 6-4 [01/07/2016] . - 7 p. Titre : T.U.L.I.P. Protocol (TCE, UOI, Leiter-R as Indicators of Predictivity) for the Assessment of the Developmental Potential in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Magda DI RENZO, Auteur ; Federico BIANCHI DI CASTELBIANCO, Auteur ; Elena VANADIA, Auteur ; Massimiliano PETRILLO, Auteur ; Lidia RACINARO, Auteur ; Monica REA, Auteur Article en page(s) : 7 p. Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autism spectrum disorder  Emotional contagion  Understanding of intention  Leiter  Assessment Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The article aims to highlight some predictive indicators of improvement in ADOS scores in a group of 49 children with Autism Spectrum Disorders For this purpose we created a specific protocol named T.U.L.I.P. that, using the Fluid Reasoning of the Leiter-R, the presence of Emotional Contagion (TCE) and the ability to understand the intentions of the others (UOI) as predictive indicators, can identify a category of autistic children who positively respond to treatment and improves the autistic symptomatology. The children who at the intake had predictive indicators of Emerging or Present UOI and TCE improved their autistic symptomatology with therapy and some of them (those with Present indicators) positively changed their ADOS diagnosis. In pre-school children, or in the first year of their schooling, the assessment of cognitive and social components shows that relational skills have a greater importance in predicting the decrease of the ADOS scores. The presence of predictive indicators, especially on the emotional response and the ability to understand the intentions of the others, also helps to work through a developmental- relational approach that activates in children their existing potentialities to get improvements even in the cognitive functioning. The Social Affection component of the Ados correlates with predictive indicators and accounts for an intervention targeted to the emotional dimension. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2165-7890.1000188 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=410 [article] T.U.L.I.P. Protocol (TCE, UOI, Leiter-R as Indicators of Predictivity) for the Assessment of the Developmental Potential in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Magda DI RENZO, Auteur ; Federico BIANCHI DI CASTELBIANCO, Auteur ; Elena VANADIA, Auteur ; Massimiliano PETRILLO, Auteur ; Lidia RACINARO, Auteur ; Monica REA, Auteur . - 7 p. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism - Open Access > 6-4 [01/07/2016] . - 7 p. Mots-clés : Autism spectrum disorder  Emotional contagion  Understanding of intention  Leiter  Assessment Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The article aims to highlight some predictive indicators of improvement in ADOS scores in a group of 49 children with Autism Spectrum Disorders For this purpose we created a specific protocol named T.U.L.I.P. that, using the Fluid Reasoning of the Leiter-R, the presence of Emotional Contagion (TCE) and the ability to understand the intentions of the others (UOI) as predictive indicators, can identify a category of autistic children who positively respond to treatment and improves the autistic symptomatology. The children who at the intake had predictive indicators of Emerging or Present UOI and TCE improved their autistic symptomatology with therapy and some of them (those with Present indicators) positively changed their ADOS diagnosis. In pre-school children, or in the first year of their schooling, the assessment of cognitive and social components shows that relational skills have a greater importance in predicting the decrease of the ADOS scores. The presence of predictive indicators, especially on the emotional response and the ability to understand the intentions of the others, also helps to work through a developmental- relational approach that activates in children their existing potentialities to get improvements even in the cognitive functioning. The Social Affection component of the Ados correlates with predictive indicators and accounts for an intervention targeted to the emotional dimension. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2165-7890.1000188 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=410

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