Abstract

PEREIRA DA SILVA, Maria Cecília; MENDES DE ALMEIDA, Mariângela  and  GARCIA DE BARROS, Izelinda. ­The analyst's subjetictivating investment in the treatment of autistic disorders: scenes recorded during a parent-child joint intervention. Rev. bras. psicanál [online]. 2012, vol.46, n.4, pp. 126-136. ISSN 0486-641X.

This paper presents joint sessions with parents and their three year-old daughter, who shows a Pervasive Developmental Disorder (later defined as Rett Syndrome) which includes autistic features. The apathetic and hypotonic child, with stereotyped hand movements, responded very poorly to requests from adults. During the interventions, there was an effort to establish networks of meaning capable of signifying her isolated condition and which could rescue parental functions. The analyst's subjectivating investment in the work with children who have autistic disorders is highlighted. The paper develops from the intervention setting in parent-infant initial relationships and from the concepts of autistic conditions, reclamation, subjectivation and parentality construction.

Keywords : pervasive developmental disorder; autistic spectrum disorders; parent-infant relationship; parentality; subjectivating investment.

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