HOME-VISITING AS A RESOURCE FOR THE PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTION IN EARLY INFANCY

Matteo is a three years old child with a diagnosis “Multisystem Developmental Disorder” made after the launch of a cognitive behavioural therapy started due to a behavioural regression observed by his parents. The centre where Matteo carries out his CBT therapy requested to a linked Co-op to start a home-visiting psycho-educational intervention aimed at generalizing and sustaining the abilities acquired in therapy. The home-visiting intervention, currently underwaying, is carried out by a psychologist and supervised by the psychologist and psychotherapist in charge of the aforementioned Co-op service; the home-visiting are weekly and lasts three hours each. Networking meetings with Matteo’s CBT therapist and school are provided. The home-visiting service allowed to observe how the difficulties spotted by the diagnosis are integrated in Matteo’s daily life. Above all the aforementioned service revealed also the link between these difficulties and the relational dynamics between the child and his parents, facilitating in a such way a direct intervention on them. The home-visiting with Matteo and his parents appeared to enhance a process of promotion and sustainment of a positive development both for the child and his family due to the chance, typical of a such setting, to allow an access and intervention on the strong and weak points of their daily life context.