Autism

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What is Autism?

• DSM-IV: Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD)
  Asperger's Disorder | Autistic Disorder | Childhood Disintegrative Disorder | Rett's Disorder

Asperger's Syndrome

• MAAP
  More advanced individuals with Autism, Asperger's syndrome

• Asperger's Syndrome links Tony Attwood

Childhood Disintegrative Disorder (Heller Syndrome)

PDD-NOS

• Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS)

• Pervasive Developmental Disorders

Rett's Syndrome

• International Rett Syndrome Association

Autistic Disorder

• Overview; including short description Autistic Disorder

Screening/Assessment

• Recommended Screening Tools

• First Signs
  educating parents and physicians about the early warning signs of autism and other developmental disorders.

Models/ Approaches?Teaching Interventionions

ABA

• What is Applied Behavior Analysis?

• How to Start an In-Home Therapy Program for Your Child

DTT

• The Discrete Trial

• Discrete Trial Instruction: Introduction

PRT

• Pivotal Response Training (PRT) (PDF)

• The PRT Procedure

Incidental Teaching

• What is Incidental about Incidental Teaching?
  By Gail McGee

• Incidental Teaching (pdf)

SCERTS Model

• SCERTS Model (Social Communication, Emotional Regulation and Transactional Support)

• The SCERTS Model
  by Barry M. Prizant, PhD; Amy M. Wetherby, PhD; Emily Rubin, MS; Amy C. Laurent, OTR-L
  Previously published IYC article

• The SCERTS Model

Relationship Development Intervention (RDI)

• Relationship Development Intervention (RDI) Program

• What is RDI® Program?

DIR/ Floortime

• The "Greenspan" Floor Time Model

• Floortime Foundation

PECS

• The Picture Exchange Communication System
  Developed by: Andrew S. Bondy, Ph.D. & Lori Frost, M.S., CCC/SLP

• PECS
  SHORTHAND NOTES

TEACCH

• Autism Teaching Methods: TEACCH (Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped CHildren)

• What is TEACCH?

Social Groups, Social Stories, Video Modeling

• Wolfberg Autism Institute on Peer Relations and play
  center for integrated play groups.

• Social Stories
  The Gray Center for Social Learning and Understanding

• Asperger Syndrome: Social Implications
  Online Asperger Syndrome Information and Support (OASIS)
  check their home page for a lot more good info on asperger syndrome!

Functional Analysis; Interventions for unwanted behaviors

• Multimodal Functional Behavioral Assessment

• Motivation Assessment Scale
  by V. Mark Durand, Ph.D., and Daniel B. Crimmins, Ph.D

• Functional Behavioral Assessment
  What, Why, When, Where, and Who? by Stephen Starin

Ictal Signs/ Seizures

Environmental Issues

Genetic predisposition

Virus/Toxins in Environment

Weakened Compromised Immune System

Vaccinations

• Do Vaccines Cause Autism?

Food Intolerances: Casein, Gluten

• The Truth About the Gluten-Free, Casein-Free Diet for Autism and PDD

Legal/Advocacy

• Wrightslaw - Topics - Autism Page with Articles, Cases, Resources, Links

Research

• NAAR, National Alliance for Autism Research

• Center for the Study of Autism
  research and information, also on subsgroups and related disorders

• Autism Research Institute

• Yale Child Study Center - Autism Group

• Autism and Asperger Research Reports

Magazins/books

• Autism-Asperger's Digest magazine

• publisher in the world in autism/Asperger's

• Different Roads to Learning

Pages with links

• The Autism Link Page

• Beyond Autism
  by a parent that has "been there, done that, and still doing it

Bay Area, California

• San Fransisco Bay Area: Families for Effective Autism Treatment (FEAT)

• Morgan Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders.

• PACE; Pacific Autism Center for Education

• CSLOT; The Center for Speech, Language and Occupational Therapy, Inc.

• Stepping Stones