Early Childhood Intervention
There are many different types of treatments available. For example, auditory training, discrete trial training, vitamin therapy, anti-yeast therapy, facilitated communication, music therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and sensory integration.
The different types of treatments can generally be broken down into the following categories:
with caregivers). It also focuses on how the child deals with sights, sounds, and smells.
Occupational Therapy - teaches skills that help the person live as independently as possible.
Sensory Integration Therapy - helps the person deal with sensory information, like sights,
sounds, and smells.
Speech Therapy - helps to improve the person’s communication skills. Some people are able to learn verbal communication skills.
The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) - uses picture symbols to teach
communication skills. The person is taught to use picture symbols to ask and answer questions
and have a conversation.
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of risperidone (an antipsychotic drug)
to treat 5- to 16-year-old children with ASDs who have severe tantrums, aggression, and cause
self-injury.
(http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/treatment.html)
- Research shows that early intervention treatment services can greatly improve a child’s development.
- Early intervention services help children from birth to 3 years old (36 months) learn important skills.
- Services include therapy to help the child talk, walk, and interact with others.
- Treatment for particular symptoms, such as speech therapy for language delays, often does not need to wait for a formal ASD diagnosis.
- While early intervention is extremely important, intervention at any age can be helpful
There are many different types of treatments available. For example, auditory training, discrete trial training, vitamin therapy, anti-yeast therapy, facilitated communication, music therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and sensory integration.
The different types of treatments can generally be broken down into the following categories:
- Behavior and Communication Approaches
with caregivers). It also focuses on how the child deals with sights, sounds, and smells.
Occupational Therapy - teaches skills that help the person live as independently as possible.
Sensory Integration Therapy - helps the person deal with sensory information, like sights,
sounds, and smells.
Speech Therapy - helps to improve the person’s communication skills. Some people are able to learn verbal communication skills.
The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) - uses picture symbols to teach
communication skills. The person is taught to use picture symbols to ask and answer questions
and have a conversation.
- Dietary Approaches
Some dietary treatments have been developed by reliable therapists. But many of these treatments do not have the scientific support needed for widespread recommendation. An unproven treatment might help one child, but may not help another.
- Medication
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of risperidone (an antipsychotic drug)
to treat 5- to 16-year-old children with ASDs who have severe tantrums, aggression, and cause
self-injury.
(http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/treatment.html)