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AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER
WHAT IS AUTISM?
Intellectual disabilities, difficulties in motor coordination, attention,and physical issues.
Social Interactions
Repetitive Behavior
- Echolalia
- Idiosyncratic Phrases
- Routines/ schedules
- Interest in sensory aspect
- OCD
- Abnormal social approach/ interactions
- Can't initiate or keep conversation
REFERENCE
Verbal Communications
- Limited to zero eye contact
- Body language and facial expressions
- Limited words to no words
Division of Birth Defects, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. February 24, 2015,
www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/treatment.html
Affiliated with the University of Pittsburg Schools of the Health Sciences Supplemental content provided by Healthwise, Incorporated. 2015
www. upmc.com/services/ behavioral- health/autism/ children/pages/ early-intensive- intervention. aspx
www.autismspeaks.org/what-autism
2015 Autism Speaks Inc.
Applied Behavior Analysis
- Encourages positive behaviors and discourages negative ones
Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention
- Child's progression is tracked and measured
- Begins at home, expands to other settings
- Teaching skills in a positive and systematic way to reduce the behavior by:
- Verbal Behavior
- Discrete Trial Training
- Applied Verbal Behavior
- Teaching in Natural Environment
- Every child will have a different plans, depending on resources available and behavior.
4 Types :
- Discrete Training
- Early Intensive Behavioral Interventions
- Pivotal Response Training
- Verbal Behavior Intervention
Therapies and Behavior Interventions
Challenges and Approaches
Goal of Treatment
Prompting and Modeling
- Child might get accustomed to having someone doing it for them.
- Prompt the child, then have the child show you how to do it.
The child is taught to succeed in:
- Communication
- Social Skills
- Pre-academic skills and independence
Visuals
- Child will request using visuals, but have them verbally request
The child has to be motivated by reinforcement, visuals for simple request, and prompting the child to correct answer.
Autism cannot be cured
Therapies and Behavioral Interventions at an early age can improve child development.
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Behavioral and Communication Approaches
What Causes ASD?
Environmental Factors Before Birth
- Parents age
- Maternal illness during birth
- Premature or low birth weights
During Birth
- Oxygen deprivation to the brain
- Mothers is exposed to high levels of pesticides/ air pollution
Rare Gene Changes or Mutation
Autism risk + environmental factors = early brain development