Reflective Network Therapy In The Preschool Classroom

By (author) Gilbert Kliman

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Publication date:

16 September 2011

Length of book:

390 pages

Publisher

UPA

ISBN-13: 9780761854692

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.

Part 1 Tables and Figures
Part 2 Preface
Part 3 Introduction
Part 4 PART 1 Reflective Network Therapy: The Children It Helps And How It Helps Them
Chapter 5 Chapter 1 New Hope for Children with Psychiatric and Developmental Disorders
Chapter 6 Chapter 2 Welcome to a Reflective Network Therapy Classroom
Chapter 7 Chapter 3 Reflective Network Therapy: How-To-Do-It Manual for Therapists, Teachers and Parents
Chapter 8 Chapter 4 How I Recovered from Autism
Chapter 9 Chapter 5 An Aggressive, Cruel Boy Becomes an Empathic, Socialized Learner
Chapter 10 Chapter 6 A Traumatized Child Emerges From Chaos
Chapter 11 Chapter 7 Helping a Child with a Serious Emotional Disorder (SED) and a Serious Physical Disorder
Chapter 12 Chapter 8 Bereaved Preschoolers with Serious Emotional Disorders (SED)
Part 13 PART 2 Benefits and Cost-Benefit Comparisons to other Methods: Theory of what Happens in Reflective Network Therapy
Chapter 14 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 15 Chapter 10 Theory of What Happens in Reflective Network Therapy
Part 16 References and Suggested Readings
Part 17 Appendix A Resources for Therapists, Teachers, Researchers, Parents, Schools and Mental Health Agencies
Part 18 Appendix B Reflective Network Therapy Training and Certification
Part 19 Appendix C Professional Participants
Part 20 Appendix D The Children's Psychological Health Center
Part 21 Index
Part 22 About the Author

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.