Identification of the modes of interaction of autistic children - Identification and interpretation of types of interindividual exchanges

This article follows on from the article which appeared in issue n degrees 36 in March 96 entitled, ''The contribution of a new method for studying the interactions observed in two-pet-salt groups involving an autistic child'' and which concentrated an methodological aspects of the research. The article was thus based on the description of a new type of approach specifically designed for the study of interactions taking place between two individuals, but it contained no details of the results of the study undertaken with this new methodology. The present article gives an account of the results obtained notably concerning the identification of different modes of interaction between the autistic child and his partner, an unfamiliar adult.