Abstract

SABOIA, Camila. The early play of the baby as an indicator of risk of psychical distress. Estilos clin. [online]. 2015, vol.20, n.2, pp. 181-193. ISSN 1415-7128.  http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-1624.v20i2p181-193.

Using the notion that the first spontaneous and creative gestures of babies reveal important aspects of the quality of their first early relationships with the maternal object, as well as their process of adaptation to an environment considered as good enough, we can assume that the primitive play of babies has an important role to identify psychical distress. Through a longitudinal study of infants showing risk of autism, followed between 6 months and 3 years, we could find that the way these babies explore, interact and respond to a shared play with others significantly differ from babies who have a developmental delay without autistic traits, and healthy (normal) babies.

Keywords : early play; symbolic play; autism; early intervention.

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