Individual psychotherapy and group therapy may help children with autism learn to understand the thoughts and feelings of others.
This article is taken from a speech that Dr. Kestenbaum made at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry. He describes three cases and the treatments he used to help the children understand the thoughts and feelings of others. He describes how the writings of Dr. Temple Grandin have helped therapists to understand the mind of a child with autism. He explains that it is important for psychotherapists who work with high-functioning children with autism to observe the child and create a treatment plan that meets the child where the child is. For example, some children need a lot of help in being flexible.
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