Prevalence, Assessment, and Treatment of Psychiatric Comorbidities in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Living in Residential Care – A Literature Review

• By: Rebecca Girard, MSW, LCSW Bianca Marro, MA Developmental Disabilities Institute’s Center of Excellence
• July 1st, 2017
• comorbidity, research, residential care, summer 2017 issue
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Despite the existence of severe and challenging behavioral presentations for many children with autism spectrum disorders living in residential and inpatient settings, children with complex ASD continue to be underrepresented in the literature (Siegel, et al. 2015) and there is a marked lack of...