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Autism and Environmental Determinants of Behavior

2009, p. 37). The causes of autism are not fully understood. There appears to be a genetic link yet the precise etiology has not...

Freedom In Childhood And Adulthood: Compare/Contrast

to how much freedom he believes he should have. Inasmuch as the toddler stage is indicative of significant growth, this developme...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Students with Autism or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Education

Within six years the name was changed again and is now well know by the acronym ADHD (1997). While the names have changed, that d...

Teaching and Autism

at one office visit. That night Christian had a slight fever and he slept for long periods of time. When he was awake he would scr...

Autism

an avoidance of eye contact, absence of speech or a nonsensical parroting of others (referred to as echolalia), apparent deafness ...

Overview and Theories on Autism

the category of Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDDs). This broader term refers to a range of puzzling mental disorders that ...

Reading and Autism

In a paper consisting of ten pages the correlation between reading abilities and autism is considered by way of reviews of current...

Autism Treatment Approaches

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

Autism Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

is more prevalent in boys rather than in girls (Wolff 1999, Rappin 1997) The diagnosis of autism is based on three main cla...

Autism Treatment and Drug Therapy Efficacy

In seven pages this paper examines autism in an overview of the impact of medication or drug treatments. Five sources are cited i...

Autistic Savant Featured in the Film Rain Man

In seven pages autism is considered in an overview that includes symptoms and available treatments and the actual condition is com...

Examination of Autism

In five pages autism is examined in a general overview that includes condition description, diagnosis according to criteria establ...

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...

An Overview of Autism

In six pages the topic of autism is explored in terms of history, symptoms, social and psychological characteristics, research, th...

Autism Interventions

In fifteen pages this paper considers such issues as language skills and communications in a discussion of what can be accomplishe...

An Autism Overview

In twenty pages this research paper discusses what autism is, its characteristics, causes, treatments and interventions. Thirteen...

Autistic Students

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

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...

Nursing Case Management/Autism

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