Interventions for Children and Youth with Autism: Prudent Choices in a World of Exaggerated Claims and Empty Promises. Part I: Intervention and Treatment Option Review.

Heflin, L. Juane; Simpson, Richard L.

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ERIC Number: EJ579502

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Publication Date: 1998

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Interventions for Children and Youth with Autism: Prudent Choices in a World of Exaggerated Claims and Empty Promises. Part I: Intervention and Treatment Option Review.

Heflin, L. Juane; Simpson, Richard L.

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, v13 n4 p194-211 Win 1998

Discusses intervention and treatment options being used with the population of children and youth who have autism spectrum disorders. The discussion includes interventions based on relationship formation (including holding therapy, gentle teaching, options, and floor time), skill-based treatments, physiologically oriented intervention, and comprehensive education and treatment programs. (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Behavior Modification, Children, Drug Therapy, Educational Strategies, Interpersonal Relationship, Intervention, Nutrition, Outcomes of Treatment, Skill Development

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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