Wielowymiarowość zjawiska autyzmu dziecięcego. W poszukiwaniu metod terapii

Mulidimentionality of autism. Searching for a the methods of therapyThe article presents the assumptions of eclectic model of therapy for autistic children. The conducted research in group of 40 autistic children presents the influence of these model of therapy on degree of autism and level and profile of psychomotor development. The obtained results indicate that effective eclectic model of therapy can make an alternative towards behavioral methods which are more frequently proposed to parents of autistic children as the only one, the best and universal therapy for their children

Consciousness of life sense at patients with neurotic disorders

Frankl said that consciousness of sense of life is the state of subjective satisfaction directed to values and connected with useful activity. This metaneed determinates mental health and development of personality. The consciousness of sense of life can be realized through creative values, experimental values and values of attitude, connected first of all with attitude towards suffering and challenge of fate. The consciousness of sense of life can be defined in cat‑ egories of intellectual and emotional experience. According to some researchers, realizing the lack of sense of life could be the biggest psychological problem of our present time conducting among others to reach for psychoactive substances and suicidal trials. The aim of research was a statement, how neurotic disorders are connected with con‑ sciousness of sense of life. The research referred to 20 people with neurotic disorders (experimental group) and 20 healthy people constituting a control group. To estimate the consciousness of sense of life was used Purpose in Life Test of Crumbaugh and Maholick. The analysis of Spearman’s profile similarity demonstrated that in the general range of consciousness of life sense (t=5.447; p=0.001) and particular dimensions experimental group obtains significant lower results. The qualitative analysis has shown that 75% people with neurotic disorders esti‑ mate their life in negative way and 85% are aware that in striving to aim they are hold by factors immanent connect‑ ed with them

Wielowymiarowość zjawiska autyzmu dziecięcego. W poszukiwaniu metod terapii

Mulidimentionality of autism. Searching for a the methods of therapyThe article presents the assumptions of eclectic model of therapy for autistic children. The conducted research in group of 40 autistic children presents the influence of these model of therapy on degree of autism and level and profile of psychomotor development. The obtained results indicate that effective eclectic model of therapy can make an alternative towards behavioral methods which are more frequently proposed to parents of autistic children as the only one, the best and universal therapy for their children

Spostrzeganie temperamentu dzieci z ADHD przez nauczycieli i rodziców

The article presents the results of research focused on temperament of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The aim of the research was to estimate the way parents and teachers assess individual components of temperament of children with ADHD. Studies were also conducted in order to answer the question in what kind of environment (school or family) the temperamental incompatibility that leads to disturbances in the functioning of children with ADHD appears. The study was based on the concept of behavioural genetics by Arnold Buss and Robert Plomin. The authors of this concept have identified three basic features of temperament: emotionality, activity and sociability. In our research, we used the EAS Questionnaire created by Buss and Plomin. The research was carried out in a group composed of 30 children aged from 6 to 14. Studies have shown that teachers and parents evaluate children with ADHD in a different manner. Referring individual elements to criterial features of ADHD, particular attention was paid to activity and emotionality. Both features are demonstrated to a greater degree at school than in a family environment. It is worth emphasizing that activity, as well as emotionality, are genetically determined. This implies that ADHD is a problem that concerns not only the early years of life