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It was designed by Philip C. Kendall, PhD, ABPP, and colleagues at the Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Clinic at Temple University. [2] A related program called C.A.T. Project is aimed at adolescents aged 14 to 17. [3] The goals of the treatment are three-fold: [4] the child learns to recognize, experience, and cope with anxiety
Autism spectrum disorder varies from child to child, which can make it challenging for clinicians to assess and know what therapies to apply. The purpose of these differentiated interventions are to intervene at the neurological level of the brain in hopes to develop appropriate responses to the different sensations from one's body and also to ...
The University of North Carolina TEACCH Autism Program creates and disseminates community-based services, training programs, and research for individuals of all ages and skill levels with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), to enhance the quality of life for them and their families across the lifespan. [1]
For Fatima Molas' son, years of a controversial autism treatment helped him with daily skills, like potty training. But, she said, that therapy called applied behavior analysis (ABA) is not the ...
This is a list of investigational autism and pervasive developmental disorder drugs, or drugs that are currently under development for clinical use in the treatment of autistic spectrum disorders and/or other pervasive developmental disorders but are not yet approved.
The U.S. National Institute of Mental Health notes that some of the most common ones include anxiety disorders, depression, autism spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive ...
Autism spectrum disorder is a disorder of the many parts of the brain. Structural changes are observed in the cortex, which controls higher functions, sensation, muscle movements, and memory. Structural defects are seen in the cerebellum too, which affect the motor and communication skills. [ 14 ]
She proposed it as a pervasive developmental disorder (PDD), but emphasized that it is distinct from autism spectrum disorder, noting that "PDA is a pervasive developmental disorder but not an autistic spectrum disorder; to describe it as such would be like describing every person in a family by the name of one of its members." This perspective ...