Group Training: Developing Intersubjectivity on a Group of Children with ASD Diagnosis
Daniela Fasciana, Danila Polizzi, Roberta Belcastro, Maria Concetta Amico, Michele Massimiliano Amico, Sonia Lapadura, Rosalba Mangione, Paola Speciale, Giuseppa Scerra, Michele Lipani, Chiara Consiglio, Gabriele Roccia
This article describes the results achieved on a group training of children with DSA diagnosis. The aim is to develop the intersubjectivity and reciprocity on children aged between 3 and 6 years. The training follows the process of education based on ABA. Every section is divided into microsection and provides the alternation of activities in DTT and NET contests. Every single kid is supported by a tutor. The preconditions for entering into the group is a previous individual training with ABA procedures education. The method used to set up the group is the omogeneity in the level of development through PEP=3(age of developing among 12 months) and percentiles rank on the subtest of maladaptive behavior, corresponding to a serious development. The result shows an important decrease of physical prompt and a reduction of a maladaptive behavior on all the attendees. In addition, the upgrading, of the intersubjectivity, obtained a positive impact on the cognitive area and the verbal behavior.
Keywords
ASD, Applied Behavior Analysis, Group training, Intersubjectivity, Maladaptive behavior.