As we all know individuals with autism spectrum disorders exhibit a range of behavioral excesses and deficits that can interfere significantly with adaptive functioning at home, in the community, and at school. These challenges can lead to isolation, cause injury or harm to others, and lead ultimately to the exclusion of some students from programs and training they need to progress socially and linguistically. There is a considerable amount of evidenced based research and this has been turned into training and interventions. Often this training is not available to parents and caregivers. Yale Child Study Center has graciously decided to share their autism training course with the public for free. You can get to it on their website here or locate it here on YouTube.
http://autism.yale.edu
The Yale Child Study Center brings quality research and clinical programs to families and children living with Autism all around the world. The lecture content and supporting materials available online for free to anyone who desires to learn about Autism Spectrum Disorders. They can easily be translated into several languages.
Video of each lecture was captured in highdefinition format. One of the features available through Google/YouTube's technology is the ability to provide a version of each video with English-language closed captioning turned on.
The lecture I am first recommending introduces the foundations of behavioral assessment and treatment of significant challenging behavior in persons with autism. If your school hasn't seen this, and you have doubts about their ability to deal with your child due to a lack of training, suggest this video and the others. The assessment and intervention principles discussed are firmly grounded in the behavior analytic research literature, and have enjoyed widespread clinical application with a diverse range of behaviors including aggression, self-injury, stereotypy, property destruction, and pica. Following a detailed discussion of the use of the technology of functional analysis, those variables and conditions in the environment that maintain challenging behavior are discussed in relation to the development of treatment plans that are functional, based on positive behavior supports, and that teach more adaptive prosocial behavioral repertoires.
This is by far the best lecture I have seen available on the web. And it's free.
for more information on my own services please check out my professional site at www.relatedminds.com or www.socialcognitivetherapy.com We provide individual consultation and behavioural interventions for children and adolescents with autism disorder and Aspergers. We provide training to schools and individual classroom consultation. We have ABA certified providers for those seeking ABA services and individuals with training in social communications therapy. Assessments for Aspergers Disorder, autism spectrum disorder and co-morbid disorders such as ADHD are also available in our offices in Burnaby and Vancouver. We service individuals in Burnaby, Coquitlam, Vancouver and through individual arrangements throughout the lower mainland. In addition to providing services to children and adolescents we have several years experience working with young adults attending college, entering the workplace and older adults.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
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Autism therapy: Doctors sued over ‘dangerous’ autism treatment - chicagotribune.com
Autism therapy: Doctors sued over ‘dangerous’ autism treatment - chicagotribune.com
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This important case involves the father of a 7 year old boy who was diagnosed with autism. Two local Chicago family practitioners, Dr. Anjum Usman and Dr. Daniel Rossigno, both followers of the DAN and Defeat Autism Now movement which promotes "alternative" treatments (treatments which are not scientifically accepted by the majority of the medical community and may have very little research report: See related articles at www.sciencebasedmedicine.com) advised the father that expensive and risky chelation therapy for "heavy metals" was necessary. These treatments, which risk kidney failure and death, were prescribed over the phone according to the court documents. Never having seen the child! The lawsuit also spotlights a test often used to diagnose metal poisoning in children with autism. "To conduct the tests doctors give children a chelation drug that forces the release of metals from the body "that exist in everyone," healthy or sick, in trace amounts.
In this case the doctors then examined the results and compared them to a reference range calculated from patients who had never been given the chelation drug. Based on this apples to oranges comparison the doctors claimed the child had "90 percent range of metal contamination."
What is disturbing is that here in Canada, especially in British Columbia, if a parent seeking help for their child with autism seeks out information on the internet they will find very similar chelation treatments in the top of their google search! They won't find too many web sites for those providing Applied Behavioural Analysis (which has been clearly shown to help) or social cognitive therapy's like those from Michelle Winner and others for higher functioning children or those with autism. Instead they find chelation therapy, NOW doctors telling patients their child have "gut problems" that are cured with diet and everything from chiropractors, acupuncturists and homeopaths (naturopaths) offering treatment to young children with autism!
This moth several of my patients seen for diagnostic services had spent thousands of dollars of "eye focusing" therapy, audio-tuning, metronome therapy and "neuro-feedback." They were left with nothing for behavioural therapy and family-parent education that might actually help. What I can recommend, again, is reading all you can from the website of science-based medicine, quack watch and other scientific based sites.
For more information on diagnosis or autism, asperger's or science based behavioural treatment interventions please feel free check out my website at www.socialcognitivetherapy.com
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This important case involves the father of a 7 year old boy who was diagnosed with autism. Two local Chicago family practitioners, Dr. Anjum Usman and Dr. Daniel Rossigno, both followers of the DAN and Defeat Autism Now movement which promotes "alternative" treatments (treatments which are not scientifically accepted by the majority of the medical community and may have very little research report: See related articles at www.sciencebasedmedicine.com) advised the father that expensive and risky chelation therapy for "heavy metals" was necessary. These treatments, which risk kidney failure and death, were prescribed over the phone according to the court documents. Never having seen the child! The lawsuit also spotlights a test often used to diagnose metal poisoning in children with autism. "To conduct the tests doctors give children a chelation drug that forces the release of metals from the body "that exist in everyone," healthy or sick, in trace amounts.
In this case the doctors then examined the results and compared them to a reference range calculated from patients who had never been given the chelation drug. Based on this apples to oranges comparison the doctors claimed the child had "90 percent range of metal contamination."
What is disturbing is that here in Canada, especially in British Columbia, if a parent seeking help for their child with autism seeks out information on the internet they will find very similar chelation treatments in the top of their google search! They won't find too many web sites for those providing Applied Behavioural Analysis (which has been clearly shown to help) or social cognitive therapy's like those from Michelle Winner and others for higher functioning children or those with autism. Instead they find chelation therapy, NOW doctors telling patients their child have "gut problems" that are cured with diet and everything from chiropractors, acupuncturists and homeopaths (naturopaths) offering treatment to young children with autism!
This moth several of my patients seen for diagnostic services had spent thousands of dollars of "eye focusing" therapy, audio-tuning, metronome therapy and "neuro-feedback." They were left with nothing for behavioural therapy and family-parent education that might actually help. What I can recommend, again, is reading all you can from the website of science-based medicine, quack watch and other scientific based sites.
For more information on diagnosis or autism, asperger's or science based behavioural treatment interventions please feel free check out my website at www.socialcognitivetherapy.com
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