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Novel Treatments for Autistic Spectrum Disorders
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Levy, Susan E.; Hyman, Susan L. – Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2005
In no area of developmental pediatric practice is there more controversy regarding the choice of treatment than related to children with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD). Complementary and alternative medical therapies (CAM) are often elected because they are perceived as treating the cause of symptoms rather than the symptoms themselves. CAM…
Descriptors: Autism, Therapy, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children
The Role of Culture in Families' Treatment Decisions for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Mandell, David S.; Novak, Maytali – Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2005
There is little information available about how and why parents of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) make decisions regarding which of the many available treatments to implement with their children. Given the lack of available information regarding treatment efficacy, it is likely that parents' beliefs about child development,…
Descriptors: Autism, Parent Attitudes, Decision Making, Etiology
Assessment of Social Communication Skills in Preschoolers
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Landa, Rebecca J. – Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2005
This paper orients the reader to social communication assessment and reviews methods for assessing social communication behavior in children from toddlerhood through the preschool years. Most standardized, normed tests of language in this age range focus on morpho-syntactic and semantic comprehension and production abilities. While social…
Descriptors: Autism, Language Impairments, Peer Acceptance, Communication Skills