My essay is about a dilemma that came up on a preschool that I worked in. My purpose with my essay is to examine and to get an understanding for what children with attachement and separation anxiety goes through, and how a preschool teacher the best way can help them. The background story is about a boy named Sixten (not his real name). When separated from one of the preschool teachers Sixten exhibits a great deal of separation anxiety. In the story I give some clear examples of situations where Sixten displays this separation anxiety. I have in the essay viewed it from different perspectives and I have questioned my own role as an educator, but also my entire team. I have the whole time analyzed my own and my colleagues actions to be able to find out where the dilemma really is. I have gained new knowledge through the study of academic literature and my own analysis of the situations with separation anxiety. I have also learned how to use that knowledge in my work as a preschool teacher.

Des difficultés de compréhension interpersonnelles sont régulièrement rapportées par les proches et les patients atteints de Dystrophie Myotonique de type I (DM1) ou de Dystrophie Facio-Scapulo-Humérale (FSHD). Nous nous sommes intéressés à différents facteurs qui peuvent éclairer la présence d’un contresens relationnel au sein des couples (le patient avec son conjoint). Les facteurs étudiés sont : les troubles cognitifs, l’atteinte des mimiques faciales et le style d’attachement de chacun des partenaires. La méthode utilisée est basée en partie sur l’observation de l’interaction (communication verbale et non verbale) au sein des couples lors la réalisation d’une tâche de résolution de problème. Un test de reconnaissance des émotions faciales avec des visages atteints et des visages contrôles a également été construit et proposé à 57 sujets naïfs. Les résultats observés permettent de confirmer que l’atteinte du visage et de la cognition sociale (théorie de l’esprit) ainsi que le style d’attachement des membres du couple jouent un rôle dans les difficultés à se comprendre entre partenaires de l’interaction. Il est important de sensibiliser chacun des partenaires au rôle de la communication non verbale (CNV) dans leur quotidien. La CNV transmet non seulement des informations sur l’état interne (notamment les émotions) de l’autre, mais également sur ses besoins d’attention, de soutien, de support émotionnel. / Interpersonal communication difficulties are regularly reported by individuals suffering from Myotonic Dystrophy type I (DMI) and Facioscapulohumeral muscular Dystrophy (FSHD), and their families. Our study focuses specifically on communication between patients and their spouses. In order to investigate the nature of communication difficulties, cognitive impairment, impaired facial expression and the attachment styles of subjects were examined. Our investigation procedure involved detailed observation of couples’ communication processes (verbal and non-verbal communication) while completing a problem-solving task. Furthermore, we construct a test of facial emotion recognition composed of images from the DM1 and control groups, which was administered to 57 naive subjects. Results enables us to confirm that impaired facial expression, social cognition difficulties (theory of mind) and attachment style play a major role, in the communication and comprehension difficulties reported by patients and their families. A phenomenon of relational misinterpretation seems to occur between patients and their partners. It is therefore important to raise couples’ awareness of the role of non-verbal communication in everyday life. Non-verbal communication not only provides information about an individual’s internal state (such as emotions), but also about his or her needs for attention and emotional support.