A Review of a Randomized Control Trial of DIR/Floortime Therapy

• By: Sara Gershfeld, MA, BCBA Tristram Smith, PhD Association for Science in Autism Treatment (ASAT)
• July 1st, 2012
• DIR, evidence-based, Floortime, science, treatment
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Parents and clinicians frequently face the issue of making informed decisions amongst heated debates over the most effective approaches for treating young children with autism (Prizant and Wetherby, 1998). Of the current approaches used to treat autism, there lies a continuum ranging from intensive...

Finding and Evaluating Empirically-Based Interventions

• By: Ernst VanBergeijk, PhD, MSW Paul Cavanagh, PhD, MSW New York Institute of Technology Vocational Independence Program
• July 1st, 2012
• evidence-based, intervention, research, treatment
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Parents are often overwhelmed with a mountain of information regarding treatments for various symptoms of autism spectrum disorders or their co-morbid disorders. Some publications claim to reverse or even cure autism. Some of these publications and advertisements are well written, logical, based...

An Overview of Strategies to Address Food Selectivity and Refusal in Individuals with Autism

• By: Christopher Perrin, PhD, BCBA-D Amanda Guld, PhD, BCBA-D Mary Jane Weiss, PhD, BCBA-D Melmark
• January 1st, 2012
• behaviors, caregivers, eating, feeding, food, picky eaters, treatment, winter 2012 issue
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Feeding difficulties are common in typically developing children (2-35%), and are even more common in children with developmental problems (33-80%; Babbitt, Hoch, & Coe, 1994; Burklow, Phelps, et al, 1998). Feeding difficulties in individuals with autism is one of the most challenging...