Table of Contents
Tables and Figures vii
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction Alexandra Harrison xvii
Part 1 Reflective Network Therapy: The Children It Helps and How It Helps Them
1 New Hope for Children with Psychiatric and Developmental Disorders 3
2 Welcome to a Reflective Network Therapy Classroom 34
3 Reflective Network Therapy: How-To-Do-It Manual for Therapists, Teachers, and Parents Gilbert Kliman Elissa Burian 56
4 How I Recovered from Autism Dorian Tenore-Bartilucci Gilbert Kliman 115
5 An Aggressive, Cruel Boy Becomes an Empathic, Socialized Learner 131
6 A Traumatized Child Emerges from Chaos Thomas Lopez Gilbert Kliman 162
7 Helping a Child with a Serious Emotional Disorder (SED) and a Serious Physical Disorder 190
8 Bereaved Preschoolers with Serious Emotional Disorders (SED) 209
Part 2 Benefits and Cost-Benefit Comparisons to Other Methods: Theory of What Happens in Reflective Network Therapy
9 Benefits and Cost Benefit Comparisons to Other Methods: The RNT Advantage for Special Needs Preschoolers and the People Who Care About Them 231
10 Theory of What Happens in Reflective Network Therapy 281
References and Suggested Readings 315
Appendix A Resources for Therapists, Teachers, Researchers, Parents, Schools, and Mental Health Agencies 351
Appendix B Reflective Network Therapy Training and Certification 355
Appendix C Professional Participants 363
Appendix D The Children's Psychological Health Center, Inc. 367
Index 369
About the Author 373
