Une évaluation de l'évaluabilité du programme d'intervention Son-Rise a été réalisée. Ce programme de stimulation relationnelle, basé à la maison et dirigé par les parents, s'adresse aux enfants autistes et à leur famille, et vise à développer les habiletés sociales par le jeu en suivant les intérêts de l'enfant. Le peu de littérature scientifique disponible au sujet de ce programme fait ressortir la pertinence de l'évaluer en commençant par une évaluation de son évaluabilité. Une analyse des documents principaux du programme ainsi que dix entrevues avec des parties prenantes variées ont mené à des recommandations pour les évaluations futures. Le programme Son-Rise serait suffisamment bien construit et stable pour être évaluable, mais son contexte d'implantation pourrait être un obstacle à l'évaluation.

This Master's thesis deals with development of children with autism spectrum disorder with the help of the Son-Rise method.The theoretical part of the thesis focuses on general development of children, also summarises primary features of children with autism spectrum disorder and describes Son-Rise program and few other applicable methods.The practical part is based on interviews and observations that show to what extent is the Son-Rise program able to influence the development of children pre-eminently in area of their social skills. Based on the gained results, the practical part also notes that addition of other methods and procedures to the Son-Rise program can contribute to improvement and faster development process. KEYWORDS Son-Rise program, autism spectrum disorder, method, therapy, program, diet, development, (area of) social skills

Despite of the growing body of multidisciplinary literature dealing with autism, encounters with a reality on the spectrum remains an under researched area. During my two years long fieldwork I discovered the controversial nature of being on the spectrum. To be on the spectrum is at the same time similar and different from the kind of situations in which any human being is entangled. This diploma thesis follows the process of formation of being on the spectrum situated in specific "playful" environment. It focuses on heterogeneous interactions among human and nonhuman agents. It follows multiple (a)symmetries that emerge in this process. The aim of the thesis is to introduce the reality on the spectrum in an innovative and processually situated way and making it a leverage of exploring the nature of the social. The ethnographic research took place in four "playrooms" and mapped the material practices of the alternative therapy Son-Rise. Through mirroring, the main therapeutic practice, boundaries of similarity/otherness where the other is emerging as an autist subject are continuously negotiated, generated and blurred. Becoming similar comprises of multiple practices, including assuming other (autistic) sensitivity and inventing similar (body) competencies. In addition, the diploma thesis discusses...

The presented masters thesis deals with selected educational approaches that are used in preschool children with autism spectrum disorder. The theoretical part defines the broad concept of autism, the role of preschool education, and describes methods of work with autistic children of the given age. It also explains the basic characteristics of the Son-Rise program, Applied Behavioral Analysis and TEACCH. In the empiric part within the qualitative research survey, the thesis aims to obtain an overview of the views of teachers focused on the advantages and disadvantages of selected methods. KEYWORDS autism spectrum disorders, TEACCH, Son-Rise program, applied behavior analysis, educational approaches, autism, preschool education