The psychological, ethical and socializing dimension of childhood autism during preschool and early school

• Marian Stepulak ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Economics and Innovation

     University of Economics and Innovation

     Lublin, Polonia

     
• Localización: Multidisciplinary journal of school education, ISSN-e 2543-8409, ISSN 2543-7585, Vol. 11, Nº. 1, 2017 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Art in education and therapy of the child), págs. 51-72
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Autism is a disorder that becomes today the subject of many interdisciplinary studies. You can talk about a wide spectrum of autism. It concerns adults, but also children. In the article special attention is paid to autism during preschool and early school age. It should be noted that the term “autism” has quite a short history as it appeared in the 40’s of the twentieth century. This concept can be understood in three main areas: 1) breaking social ties or limited ability to enter into interpersonal relationships; 2) abnormal communication; 3) stiffness of behaviour, restricted repertoire of activities and interests that do not require much imagination. Another element of the article is the presentation of the core symptoms of autism. It is worth noting that autism is reflected by the diversity of its syndromes. It is important to pay special attention to autism. The specificity of childhood autism must be taken into account in the selection of methods, situations and psychotherapeutic techniques. The point is that the effectiveness of the therapy does not undermine the fundamental norms and moral principles. One of the basic principles is the trust and respecting professional secrecy. In this context, there is a very important proposal for the therapists and other professionals working with autistic children to constantly work on raising not only professional skills, but also care about raising the moral qualifications.