Conducta socio-afectiva en el transtorno autista: descripción e intervención psicoeducativa

Abstract

Autistic disorder refers to a neuropsychological disorder with serious and
heterogeneous manifestations that include three main areas of development,
namely: social and affective alterations, alterations in the linguistic and
communicative behaviour and the presence of behavioural patterns, interests
or restricted and stereotyped activities. The failure that affects the maintenance
and development of social and affective bonds, characterized by social isolation
and the presence of inadequate behaviours of social-affective interactions, is
highlighted in the social and affective dimension. At the present time, the most
effective way to treat autism is by means of psycho-educative programs. The
main characteristics of the disorder, emphasizing the social-affective area, are
presented, together with generic lines of intervention consider from the psycho-
educative perspective.