This deficit manifests itself as a reduced sharing of emotions and an increased difficulty in interpreting emotions other people are feeling, which in the end leads to more impairments in social communication. Since it is possible to help a person with ASD (especially children) to improve their ...
All health professionals need a level of understanding of ASD in order to identify difficulties that may be due to ASD and refer appropriately. There is also a need to tailor care to children with ASD who may find interfaces with healthcare services for any reason extremely stressful. ...
Challenges with communication and social interaction.For kids with ASD, it’s hard to “connect” with or predict the reactions of other people, read social cues, make eye contact, or have a conversation. They might not begin to speak as early as other children do. They might also have a...
Before starting any autism therapy program, particularly ABA therapy, an autism test like aRAADS-R testis in order. The Ritvo Autism Asperger Diagnostic Scale-Revised is one of many assessment tools used to diagnose ASD. The test has a comprehensive set of questions designed to identify various ...
The Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Coordination (Beery VMI), is one of the main tests used for diagnosing dyspraxia in the face-to-face assessment. The Berry VMI is a world-renowned dyspraxia test, which is used to identify visual motor problems associated with dyspraxia. ...
What Is Healthy When It Comes to Adult Children? M. Scott Peck wrote, “Mental health is an ongoing process of dedication to reality at all costs.” The pinch point for grandmothers is that any loss of relationship with our adult children means strained relations – if not severed ties –...
parents were asked to set up an appropriate play situation and were coached to practise the strategies with their child. During the coaching sessions parents were first asked to identify the activity they had set up, although flexibility across the session to switch up play items based on child...
The current literature exposes a dearth of published research on the practices of independent schools in supporting students with ASD. This study aimed to address the questions: (a) How do independent high schools create, implement, and evaluate support plans for students on the autism spectrum ...
Several studies have sought to identify moderators of parenting stress, including individual characteristics of the child and parent such as age (Derguy, Bailara, Michel, Roux, & Bouvard, 2016; McStay, Dissanayake, Scheeren, Koot, & Begeer, 2014). As children age, different challenges associate...
Having siblings with ASD Having certain genetic conditions, including tuberous sclerosis or fragile X syndrome The CDC has been conducting a multi-year study to identify risk factors for ASD called SEED (the Study to Explore Early Development). This project produces highlights from published research...