Book description
'This book, with its accompanying DVD, 'NOW I AM A REAL KID' has made
it possible for us to witness what David Rosenfeld's treatment of
Benjamin, a young boy with a diagnosis of autism, was actually like. We
can see for ourselves what was done, what was said; we can follow the
steps by which Benjamin moved from being a child without language, in a
state of perpetual panic-stricken screaming and flailing about, to being
a "real kid" with friendships, doing well at an ordinary
school. Witnessing this transformation is a profoundly moving
experience. So is hearing the testimony of Benjamin's parents, who had
been told repeatedly that there was no future for their son. It was
their wish that his therapy should be more widely known about, in the
hope that professionals could learn from it so that other families'
lives might be transformed as theirs had been through "Dr
David's" intervention. Everyone concerned with children with autism
is in their debt.'- From the Introduction by Maria Rhode, Emeritus
Professor of Child Psychotherapy at the Tavistock and Portman NHS
Foundation Trust
