ALICIA MALLO, MD discusses Reflective Network Therapy for autisic children- May 3, 2010,                                         University of El Salvador                                                 

Crisis Response for the Sichuan Earthquake—The work of Gilbert Kliman MD

by David Trimble, PhD − Netletter  http://netletter.se/node/89

I want to share with you the exciting work that Gilbert Kliman, MD has been doing. A child psychoanalyst, he has long been very interested in the network approach. He renamed his preventive preschool program, Reflective Network Therapy (originally called the Cornerstone Therapeutic Preschool Method). Reflective Network Therapy weaves together a network of preschool children, many of them with serious mental health problems, their families, and their teachers, to form a healing community. The therapist, usually a child psychoanalyst, conducts play therapy in the classroom over the course of the school day, with the other children and the teachers observing and sometimes participating. After the therapy session, the analyst and child report on the session to the teacher, again in the middle of regular classroom activity. I enjoy how it uses both networks and reflective functions.His workbook approach to help children cope with traumatic stress of the disaster relies heavily on natural helping networks for its implementation, and the text itself stresses for the child the importance of drawing on network supports. 

Shafer Autism Report, Calendar News, October 2009 provided to www.sarnet.org

The Children's Psychological Health Center, Inc. of San Francisco is reporting progress of trainings on how to serve autistic children with Reflective Network Therapy. It is an evidence-based, manualized, video-documented method for preschoolers with autism spectrum disorders.  CPHC Medical Director, Gilbert Kliman, M.D. returned on September 25th from Wellspring Family Services, Seattle's oldest family agency and The Seattle Psychoanalytic Institute, which are enthused and participating in seminars and institutes.  Wellspring Family Services of Seattle has opened a new building, begun major funding and working with the method. Wellspring is training new therapists and teachers in one preschool class, and places are available for teachers and therapists. Three brand new preschool classes have been built for these purposes at Wellspring Family Services' recently opened new three story building, 1900 Rainer Avenue South, Seattle, and the remaining two are planned to open late this year.  Each classroom will use Reflective Network Therapy and will include children on the autism spectrum. Remote videoconferencing functions will be available for communication among multiple sites and remote seminars. [For an update on recent developments, visit the Sister Sites section of this website.]