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| First "case" of Autism is attributed to _____. |
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| Deinstitutionalization Movement |
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| Willow Brook and other Expose produced the _____ which placed the demand for treatment on schools and communities. |
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| The Deinstitutionalization Movement led to the birth of a plethora of _____ for Autism. |
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| Types of Treatment Options |
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1) Drug Treatment/Pharmacological Intervention
2) Vitamin - "Mega Vitamin"
3) Sensory Integration Therapy
4) Auditory Integration Training
6) Miller Method
7) Floor time/DIR Model (aka Greenspan)
8) TEACCH Approach
9) Other Miscellaneous |
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| Drug Treatment/ Pharmacological Intervention |
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| One of the most popular treatments for children with Autism. |
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| Medications used with Autistic children |
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- Antipsychotic Medication
- Antidepressant Medication
- Anti-impulsivity Medication
- Stimulants
- Sedatives |
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| The medication is specific to the ____ of children with autism. |
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| other clinical populations |
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| The medication is used to treat symptoms based on the effects in _____ (for example, stimulants are given for hyperactivity and anti-psychotics for explosive behavior). |
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| Vitamin therapy is based on the notion that children with Autism are _____ in certain vitamins. |
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| Vitamins that children with Autism are believed to be deficient in. |
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| Higher doses of some vitamins can be ____. |
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| Mega Vitamin therapy does not need _____ behind it, which is part of the danger. |
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| Sensory Integration Therapy is the theory behind the practice and the practice is called _____. |
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| Some Occupational therapists _____ to sensory integration therapy theory. |
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| Sensory Integration therapy involves the idea that children with autism have problems integrating and synthesizing _____. |
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| Sensory Integration Therapy (SIT) |
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| Would agree with the idea that autistic children have an inability to process the world around them. |
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| Exposure to different textures/shaving cream, exposure to rice and water (in SIT) |
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| Swings, Tubes and other kinds of motor stimulation (in SIT) |
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| Massages, Deep Pressure, Weighted Vests |
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| Involved in treating autistic children from an SIT approach. |
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| The Miller Method is considered a _____ approach. |
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| The Miller Method suggests that children with autism have deficits in their _____. |
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| The Miller Method seeks to expand a child's awareness through _____. |
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| _____ developed the simpler model on which Floortime/DIR Model intervention is based. |
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| DIR stands for "Development, _____, Relationship based" |
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| Floortime alludes to the fact that most of this type of therapy is done on the _____ (very similar to play therapies) |
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| _____ is the most important aspect of floortime because the extent to which the intervention will work depends upon building a trusting relationship with the child. |
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| Floortime is a somewhat ____ approach because they believe you cannot simplify a human into a number & this approach is NOT data-based. |
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| _____ is a behavior analytic treatment that is similar to the floortime mission. |
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| popularized by Eric Shopler & Gary Mesibov |
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| TEACCH stands for "Treatment and Education of Autistic & _____ Handicapped children" |
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| The TEACCH approach relies a great deal on _____ and strategies for teaching. |
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| visual learning capabilities |
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| TEACCH is based on the idea that people with Autism will have stronger _____ than auditory capabilities |
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| There is a lot of ____ to the idea behind the TEACCH approach, because there is no data to support the idea. |
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| Common in the TEACCH approach is the use of _____. |
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| Picture Activity Schedules |
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| The analog in ABA of the visual schedules in the TEACCH approach. |
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| Drawbacks of the TEACCH Approach |
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- There is no system to fade out visual aids and is not a critical aspect of the approach
- It completely avoids teaching the child language, which is not in the best interest of the child's needs |
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| Unconditional Acceptance Interventions |
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- Holding Therapy
- Gentle Teaching
- Play Therapies
- Floortime |
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| Based on the idea that the child benefits from unconditional acceptance (because the Autism results from non-acceptance). This alludes to the Bettelheim Refrigerator Mother |
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| Does not include any use of direction the child, child led. |
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| Facilitated Communication |
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| One of the most popular forms of therapy for a very long time, but eventually disproved by data. |
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| was born out of studying pigeons and rats in the lab and this may be off putting to some parents. |
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