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Lidia Racinaro

Publications

• Research Article
  The Psychomotor Profile in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders: Clinical Assessments and Implications for Therapy
  Author(s): Magda Di Renzo, Federico Bianchi di Castelbianco, Elena Vanadia, Lidia Racinaro and Monica ReaMagda Di Renzo, Federico Bianchi di Castelbianco, Elena Vanadia, Lidia Racinaro and Monica Rea
  
  Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are a class of neurodevelopmental disorders defined by qualitative impairments in social functioning and communication, often accompanied by repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behaviour’s and interests, with their typical onset during the first three years of life. Recent researches demonstrate that early diagnosis and intervention sensibly improve outcomes. Until now, a limit of the most common therapies has been to get poor results in approaching the relational and emotional difficulties that, finding their origin in the early interactions that the child has with the outside world, must take account of the body as first experiential and communicative channel for the new-born. Although the current assessment protocols provide for development scales and observation of motor skills, do not yet exist studies aimed at identifying characteristic .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7890.1000209

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