Reflective Network Therapy In The Preschool Classroom

Reflective Network Therapy describes a remarkably effective school-based treatment method that harnesses small social networks for the good of seriously emotionally disturbed preschoolers or those with autism spectrum disorders. The book provides an in-depth explanation of the method - including the work of parents, peers, teachers, and mental health therapists. The RNT method has a substantial evidence base, with about the same number of treated children and a larger number of comparison and control cases as the published IQ results of the most widely used school based method. It has been used in many real life environments and is well-tested for feasibility, replicability, IQ effects, and children's global mental health results. The RNT method does not separate the child from peers by pairing him with an aide but is peer, teacher and parent inclusive. The cost-benefits and human benefits are extraordinary.

Table of Contents:
Tables and Figures Preface Introduction PART 1 Reflective Network Therapy: The Children It Helps And How It Helps Them Chapter 1 New Hope for Children with Psychiatric and Developmental Disorders Chapter 2 Welcome to a Reflective Network Therapy Classroom Chapter 3 Reflective Network Therapy: How-To-Do-It Manual for Therapists, Teachers and Parents Chapter 4 How I Recovered from Autism Chapter 5 An Aggressive, Cruel Boy Becomes an Empathic, Socialized Learner Chapter 6 A Traumatized Child Emerges From Chaos Chapter 7 Helping a Child with a Serious Emotional Disorder (SED) and a Serious Physical Disorder Chapter 8 Bereaved Preschoolers with Serious Emotional Disorders (SED) PART 2 Benefits and Cost-Benefit Comparisons to other Methods: Theory of what Happens in Reflective Network Therapy Chapter 9 Benefits and Cost Benefit Comparisons to other Methods: The RNT Advantage for Special Needs Preschoolers and the People Who Care About Them Chapter 10 Theory of What Happens in Reflective Network Therap

About the Author :
Gilbert Kliman, M.D. is a Harvard Medical School graduate, a National Institute of Mental Health principal investigator, co-recipient of an International Prize for "World's best book concerning the well-being and nurture of children," and recipient of Dean Brockman Award for Lifetime Achievement. Kliman has worked intensively with preschool children for over forty-five years. Introduction by Alexandra Harrison, M.D. Contributions to the text by Thomas Lopez and Dorian Tenore-Bartilucci.

Review :
The techniques are far more economical to use than we have found with the Lovaas method (ABA). We have seen the techniques transmitted to special education teachers as well as inexperienced therapists. ...Kliman has creatively taken the application of classical child analysis a giant leap forward. It is very helpful that you have very nice follow-up on some of the now-adults who were preschoolers at the time that you intervened in their lives. The IQ rise that follows upon good treatment of these children by your method is very convincing….It is heartening to see the thoughtful and insightful states of mind developing in children as they feel the impact of the interpretations. Once I tell [people] how Reflective Network Therapy helped me recover and become a happy, thriving child and adult, they are moved beyond belief….RNT may be a powerful means of rehabilitating children with autism spectrum disorders since their difficulties result from their brains responding to interpersonal stimuli by avoiding emotions rather than feeling and processing them.