DSE (ASD) Manual : Therapeutics

Contents: Foreword. I: 1. Introduction: i. Intervention for Autism: the evolution of approach. ii. The range of interventions: facts and fiction. iii. Approaches to interventions. iv. Understanding the \'whole\' of it. II: 2. Medical intervention: i. Medical interventions in autistic spectrum disorder. ii. Other specific interventions. iii. Summary. III: 3. Behaviour modification approaches: i. Application of skinner\'s learning theory and principles of learning to intervention in Autistic spectrum disorders and the operant conditioning paradigm. ii. Examples of behaviours under operant conditioning. iii. Procedures of operant conditioning in teaching children with autism spectrum disorders and other developmental difficulties. iv. Reinforcement and punishments. v. Specific techniques. vi. Lovaas method. vii. Verbal behaviour analysis. viii. The behavioural classification of language. IV: 4. Communication centred therapy: i. Nature of Autism. ii. Play in Autism. iii. Communication development. iv. The enhancement of communication. v. Developing communicative intent starting off. vi. Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC). v. Conclusion. V: 5. Sensory - motor and self skill training: i. Introduction to sensory integration theory and principles. ii. Understanding motor and perceptual dysfunctions in PDD with special reference to sensory processing deficits. iii. Sensory diet and environmental modification for functional and splinter skill management. Bibliography.