Occupational Therapy Proposals

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This clinical practice guideline, provides evidence based recommendations for Occupational therapy practitioners, and other healthcare professions, providing care to individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). As an occupational therapy practitioner working within the school system, I interact with many children with ASD. The valuable treatment, and intervention strategies identified, within this document enable me to provide the most evidence- based care to this population.
These guidelines did not discuss every treatment method we provide, however; it does provide strong evidence of success, among several methods I currently use in practice. Some of these include, interventions focusing on behavioral techniques for decreasing self-injurious

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