Abstract
ABSTRACTThe paper describes Special Time carried out in a crèche with a boy with developmental delay and autistic features. Special Time is a form of therapeutic intervention that consists of weekly sessions during which a child is given individual attention by a teacher, an educator or a specific professional. A key aspect of the methodology is that there is a Work Discussion seminar where the professional can be helped to develop the specific stance required by the work and give meaning to the child’s communication. In this case, the Work Discussion seminar was tailor-made and included the Special Time professional and the head of the crèche who presented her work with the child's parents and with the educators, which took place in parallel with the Special Time sessions. The developments achieved by the child in the area of language, his capacity to relate to people, the symbolic use of toys and play, and the reduction of autistic states of mind and behaviour is illustrated through excerpts from the sessions.
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