CALDEIRA DA SILVA, Pedro et al. Programa clínico para o tratamento das perturbações da relação e da comunicação, baseado no Modelo D.I.R.. []. , 21, 1, pp.31-39. ISSN 0870-8231.

Autistic spectrum disorders are some of the most severe disorders that mental health professionals have to deal with, given its impact on core areas of children's functioning, like communication and social abilities, academic learning and also because of the uncertainty of prognosis. The developmental, structural model created by S. Greenspan and collaborators proposes an innovative explanatory approach for these disorders, assuming that in every child there is an ability to communicate which is dependent on the level of motivation and of affective involvement. D.I.R. (based on Development, Individual Differences and Relationship) Model is an intervention model stemming from those theoretical assumptions. It encompasses Floor-time approach and other types of interventions (sensory integration, augmentative communication). Through Associação de Apoio à Unidade da Primeira Infância an intensive clinical intervention program, based on this model, was created. The paper present a description of the program, of the children and their evolution in terms of developement and social and emotional adaptation.

: Autism; therapy; infancy; early childhood.

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