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Autism Treatment Approaches

Treating autism is the focus of this paper consisting of six pages and includes program studies and strategies including behaviora...

Applied Behavioral Analysis and Autism

In five pages UCLA's Dr. O. Ivar Lovaas's applied behavioral analysis or Discrete Trial Training is discussed within the context o...

Autistic Students

some of the treatments used with autistic students. Autism - Characteristics The spectrum of autism...

Temple Grandin's Emergence

is now known to be neurological. The memory capacity of autistic children develops in a different way from others: in effect, they...

Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Effective Education Strategies

2000). Diagnosing Autism Autism is not a disorder that can be easily diagnosed through some simple process such as a blood ...

Aspects of Biopsychology

suffer from sensory or motor deficits that cause this condition. If, for example, there are lesions in the right hemisphere, the i...

Mamawawa, Sleep, Drug Addiction and Other Issues

the set point assumption: they are inconsistent with eating pressures as they have evolved; predictions have not been confirmed; a...

Autism and the Vaccination Scare

fact, thousands of families have become convinced over the years that certain vaccines given during infancy are a causative factor...

LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT IN AUTISM

Much like autism itself, there are a wide variety of communication skills among children with autism. Some are able to carry on st...

The Vaccine Debate

for their children, there are older diseases cropping up again. There have been whopping cough outbreaks for example in pockets of...

Nursing Case Management/Autism

This involves intensive, one-on-one teaching, which enables autistic children to learn the intricacies of behaviors or skills via ...

Autism: Research-Based Instruction

limited reinforcement repertoire, short attention span, distraction, slower learning, difficulty grasping abstract concepts, poor ...

Harris & Weiss/Topics in Autism

the "Yu Family," with parents Harold and Grace. Eddie is their oldest child. Eddie is such a "good" baby, demanding little attenti...

Bronfenbrenner Ecological Theory and Autism

toys out of reach, but still visible to the child. This requires the child to ask for assistance in retrieving the toy (Kashinath,...

Teaching The Autistic Child To Read

sequence. They continue this process until all cards have been placed in proper order. Checking for understanding Teacher discuss...

Autism/MMR Controversy

2008). Some recent epidemiological studies have reported that the rates of autism have suggested that the rate of autism for boys ...

Autism Instruction

in the classroom. This can include everything from modifications made to the general environment to modifications in the instruct...

Picture Book on Autism

This book review is on Amanda D. Tourville's My Friend Has Autism, which is illustrated by Kristin Sorra. An informative, sensit...

Temple Grandin and Autism Spectrum Disorders

In a paper of twelve pages, the writer looks at autism spectrum disorders. Insights from Temple Grandin are cited. Paper uses one ...

Autism Spectrum Disorder in Infants

This 3 page paper covers the early diagnosis of 16 month old infants with autism spectrum disorder. This paper covers the diagnosi...

Autism Assessment of a Child

This paper discusses 2 informal and 2 formal assessments instruments that pertain to the diagnosis of autism. Three pages in lengt...

Haddon's "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" - A Phenomenological Perspective

individual humans relate to one another, as well as how cultures and groups relate to one another to establish the construct colle...

APA Code of Conduct

attitudes towards himself when others find out. Still, it is essential that the field is perceived as ethical. Students need to be...

Addressing the Problem of Behavior in the Classroom

Behavioral problems in the classroom can manifest in relationship to any number of causal factors....

The Value of Informal Assessments in Private Therapeutic Practice

diagnose even under the best conditions. This is because there is no totally objective test for autism; a diagnosis requires a var...

Visual Prompts and Educating Autistic Students

Introduction Autism is a pervasive...

Antipsychotic Drugs and Autism

psychotropic medications in psychology, in general, and with autism, in particular. This discussion will include movements in psyc...

Autism Spectrum Disorder and Whole Word Instruction

is an abstract concept that can be interpreted many different ways. The whole word method stems from an understanding of literacy ...

When a Child is Diagnosed with Autism

or anything else they can think of to explain away the event. After the denial is no longer possible, anger sets in. This stage mi...

Research Guidelines Regarding Microcephaly

linked to mental retardation. In order to direct the student in completing their own research in this area, this author would sugg...