Autism therapies

1. The name of the disorder that interested me was Pervasive Developmental Disorder or PDD. PDD is now has recently been classified as just Autism Spectrum Disorder. 2. PDD is any of several disorders of childhood that are characterized by significantly atypical behaviors and severe impairment in the ability to relate to others. Some characteristics include: Atypical or social behavior, uneven skill development, poor speech and comprehension skills, difficulty with transitions, deficits in…

Music therapy is known to help children with Autism Spectrum Disorder strengthen their social skills. However, there is a shortage in research that supports this theory. A. Blythe LaGasse decided to research how music therapy affected eye gaze, joint attention, and communication skills in children who have been diagnosed with Autism. LaGasse’s hypothesis states the article, Effects of a Music Therapy Group Intervention on Enhancing Social Skills in Children with Autism, is relevant because it…

The definition for Autism according to Mayo Clinic is a serious neurodevelopmental disorder that impairs a child’s ability to communicate and interact with others. This also includes restricted repetitive behaviors, interests and activates. These issues cause significant impairment in social occupational and other areas of functioning. According to the Mayo Clinic the symptoms for Autism cover a wide field. The reason for this how each child with Autism acts differently than another. This is…

Autism Spectrum Disorder Sarah idriss University of Clearlake Abstract In this paper I will be taking about Autism and discuss three main points which definition of Autism, the causes of this disorder, the symptoms, and available treatments. Keywords: brain disorder, social interaction, eye contact, and pathologist. How many of you are planning to have children’s? What if your child cannot make an eye contact with you, or what if he cannot describe his feelings…

Autism is a disorder in the people’s brain. With autism some part of the brain cannot communicate together. This is a spectrum disorder because every person has different symptoms. It is affecting too many children in the United States. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention about 1 in 68 children have been identified with autism spectrum disorder (asd). Because autism is been increasing in the past years, it is considered one of the fastest-growing developmental disability…

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a lifelong neurodevelopmental disability that affects how a person communicates with, and relates to other people. Autistic children struggle with social interaction, communication, and/or with repetitive and restrictive behaviors on a regular day basis. About 1 in 68 children has been identified with ASD according to estimates from the CDC. The occurrence of ASD is 4.5 times more in males than in females. Autism Spectrum Disorder does not discriminate and is…

Annotated Bibliography Cullen, L., & Barlow, J. (2002). Parents' experiences of caring for children with autism and attending a touch therapy program. Child Care in Practice, 8(1), 35-45. In this article, Cullen and Barlow discuss in depth the emotional strains of parenting a child diagnosed with autism. It states that parents often isolate themselves from social activities due to the fact that their child exhibits challenging behavior patterns that many people do not understand. Often,…

showed that 1 in 45 children are diagnosed with autism (Bush, 1). The characteristics of autism have a wide spectrum, including struggle with communication, behaviour, social interaction or having limited interests. Parents sometimes have a hard time raising a child with autism, not because the child is difficult but because the child is not developing or growing typically. Parents or caregivers can intervene in the child’s development by getting therapy for their child, at a young age, in…

Autism is characterized by significant social, communicational, and behavioral deficits (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Children with autism struggle in to socialize, communicate, and behave. The social deficit in autism presents in the lack of interest in other people, limited initiation of social interactions, limited empathy, and dysfunctional emotions (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Children with Autism have limited desire or adequacy to interact with other people. In…

with autism and some of the treatments that have been used to treat symptoms of autism. It appears that depending on the severity of the symptoms there is flexibility to choose which intervention would work best, of course what works for some may not fare well with others, so it is important to get to know the family and allow them to be included in which treatments will work for them. From what I have seen working in the mental health field in the rural community, most intervention for autism…