Article by Maria Rhode and Kate Grayson

Maria Rhode is Emeritus Professor of Child Psychotherapy at the Tavistock Clinic in London, and honorary Clinical Associate of the British Psychoanalytical Society. She formerly worked as Consultant Child Psychotherapist at the Tavistock, where she was co-convener of the Autism Clinical Research Workshop. She has published papers on autism, childhood psychosis and infant observation and co-edited three books.
Since the CIPPA was founded, she has been Honorary Vice President for the UK

Maria Rhode est Professeur Emerite de psychothérapie de l’enfant à la Tavistock Clinic de Londres, et clinicienne honoraire associée de la Société Britanique de Psychanalyse. Elle a travaillé comme consultante de psychothérapie de l’Enfant à la Tavistock, où elle co-dirigeait l’Atelier de recherche clinique sur l’autisme. Elle a publié des articles sur l’autisme, la psychose infantile et l’observation des bébés. Elle a co-édité trois livres. Depuis la fondation de la CIPPA, elle est Vice-Présidente d’honneur pour le Royaume Uni.

An Observationally and Psychoanalytically Informed Parent-Toddler Intervention for Young Children at Risk of ASD :
An Audited Case Series and Convergences with Organicist Approaches

Submitted: September 25th 2020 - Reviewed: December 23rd 2020Published: February 3rd 2021

In this paper we describe, with illustrative vignettes, an observationally and psychoanalytically informed parent-toddler intervention for young children at risk of ASD.
The intervention was offered to children between 18 and 24 months who fell in the High Risk category of the Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (CHAT),which carries an 83% chance of a diagnosis at the age of 3 ½...