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Healthcare & Treatment
Families living with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have lots of questions about treatments and about how ASD may affect typical healthcare needs. Some of the questions answered in this section include:
- What are the various treatments for ASD?
- Where can I find a treatment provider?
- How do I know which treatment is best?
- Does health insurance cover the costs of treatments?
- How do I know if a treatment is actually working?
- What can be done to make regular medical appointments (dentists, regular check ups, etc.) less stressful?
The Healthcare & Treatment section of the CAR Autism Roadmap™ answers many questions you may have and may help you to prepare for the unexpected. Use the filter options on the left side of your screen below to narrow article selections by categories.
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Last updated on May 29, 2020 in CAR Autism Roadmap™
TEACCH, also known as Structured TEACCHing is an educational program developed at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The acronym initially stood for Training and Education of Autistic and Related Communication-handicapped Children...
Last updated on May 29, 2020 in CAR Autism Roadmap™
Social Communication/Emotional Regulation/Transactional Support™ (SCERTS) is a system of teaching children on the autism spectrum. It uses a variety of techniques, including Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), Floortime, Relationship Development...
Last updated on May 29, 2020 in CAR Autism Roadmap™
The job of the pediatric occupational therapist (OT) is to help children do the work of childhood better. That means helping children play, take care of themselves, and participate in their school program as fully as possible. The occupations or...
Last updated on May 29, 2020 in CAR Autism Roadmap™
Pivotal Response Treatment® (PRT) is a behaviorally-based intervention designed specifically for children on the autism spectrum. It is a form of incidental or naturalistic teaching that is based on the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)...
Last updated on May 29, 2020 in CAR Autism Roadmap™
Also known as Floortime, the Developmental, Individual-Difference, Relationship-Based® (DIR) model is an intervention developed by the child psychiatrist Dr. Stanley Greenspan. The premise of Floortime is to help build upon a child's strengths and...
Last updated on May 29, 2020 in CAR Autism Roadmap™
If a person on the autism spectrum is not speaking, is only speaking a little, or is very difficult to understand, a speech language pathologist may recommend a form of augmentative or alternative communication (AAC). AAC consists of any type of...
Last updated on May 29, 2020 in CAR Autism Roadmap™
American Sign Language (ASL) is a complete visual spatial language that incorporates hand movements (for example, different orientations of the palm and hand shapes), facial expressions (for example, mouthing of the words), and body language. It has...
Last updated on May 29, 2020 in CAR Autism Roadmap™
Children and adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are often able to focus and pay attention to activities they enjoy or to particular topics, for example, video games. However, they often have difficulty paying attention to...
Last updated on May 26, 2020 in CAR Autism Roadmap™
The way we think, feel, and act is based on the way we perceive the world through our senses. Most people can name the five senses: vision, hearing, touch, taste and smell. The fact that smell comes last is not be chance: when asked which sense they...
Last updated on May 26, 2020 in CAR Autism Roadmap™
Parents: In caring for your child with special health needs, you may get information and paperwork from many sources. A Care Binder can help you organize the most important information in a central place and share key information with members of your...