Alimata Sawadogo

Siblings and autism Alimata Sawadogo

The consequences of a child's autism on his or her siblings have hardly been studied in Burkina Faso. At the global level, there is not much written on the subject. These writings focus on the psychological and social experiences of these children. The school experience has been ignored by most authors. Those who have taken an interest are global in their results. This book provides knowledge on the school experience of siblings of children with autism that is useful for the subjects and families concerned and also for professionals in charge of children and education. It is an original approach that goes beyond current knowledge, in order to provide information for those involved in the education of such subjects. This book presents, in an attractive way, a review of the scientific literature based on aspects of autism, Bertalanffy's systemic model, Cyrulnik's resilience model and the interactionist theory of Vygotski and Bruner.