Management of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Important issues, such as management of associated medical problems, pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic intervention for challenging behaviors or coexisting mental health conditions, and use of complementary and alternative medical treatments, are also addressed.Abstract:
Pediatricians have an important role not only in early recognition and evaluation of autism spectrum disorders but also in chronic management of these disorders. The primary goals of treatment are to maximize the child's ultimate functional independence and quality of life by minimizing the core autism spectrum disorder features, facilitating development and learning, promoting socialization, reducing maladaptive behaviors, and educating and supporting families. To assist pediatricians in educating families and guiding them toward empirically supported interventions for their children, this report reviews the educational strategies and associated therapies that are the primary treatments for children with autism spectrum disorders. Optimization of health care is likely to have a positive effect on habilitative progress, functional outcome, and quality of life; therefore, important issues, such as management of associated medical problems, pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic intervention for challenging behaviors or coexisting mental health conditions, and use of complementary and alternative medical treatments, are also addressed.read more
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Predictors of health service use among adolescents and adults with autism and aggression
Melissa Paquette-Smith,Melissa Paquette-Smith,Jonathan A. Weiss,Julie Dergal,Johanna Lake,Johanna Lake,Yona Lunsky +6 more
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Environmental Factors in Autism and Autistic Spectrum Disorder
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Empowering Families in the Treatment of Autism
TL;DR: This chapter will help families and advising professionals by providing them with an overview of several topics, the common reactions and beliefs about autism and individuals with autism that are held by family members, and the best recommendations for helping families adapt to an autism diagnosis and maintain healthy functioning as caregivers.
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Fetal valproate syndrome as an experimental model of autism
A. V. Malyshev,K.R. Abbasova,O. A. Averina,L. N. Solovieva,V. R. Gedzun,Mikhail V. Gulyaev,V. A. Dubynin +6 more
TL;DR: The characteristics of the brain state and activity during fetal valproate syndrome at different levels are discussed: from the molecular and cellular processes to the behavior.
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It's who you know: Caregiver social networks predict service use among under-resourced children with autism
Amanda Gulsrud,Hyon Soo Lee,Elizabeth McGhee Hassrick,Suzannah Iadarola,Melanie Pellecchia,Wendy Shih,Sarah Vejnoska,Elizabeth H Morgan,Samantha Hochheimer,Samantha Crabbe,Jennica Li,Lindsay Hauptman,Fernanda Castellon,Heather J. Nuske,Consuelo Garcia,Rachel King,Paul Luelmo,Paul Luelmo,Kathleen M. Carley,Tristram Smith,David S. Mandell,Connie Kasari,Aubyn C. Stahmer +22 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined additional caregiver and system-level factors that could be associated with early service access using a diverse sample from four study sites (Los Angeles, CA, Philadelphia, PA, Sacramento, CA; and Rochester, NY).
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