Reviewed by: David Celiberti, Elizabeth Tokarskaya, and Stacey Sipe Association for Science in Autism Treatment Reading through published research can often be a challenging and intimidating experience for many, including students and seasoned professionals. It can be even more overwhelming for individuals with autism, as well as parents, as they try to comprehend the technical…
Updated by David Celiberti, PhD, BCBA-D (April 2022) Association for Science in Autism Treatment Regardless of whether we are a person with autism, or family member, service provider or advocate, we are all better served with greater knowledge of the science that helps improve the interventions, therapies, and programs for individuals with autism spectrum disorders. You…
Kristina Gasiewski, MEd, MOTR/L, BCBA and Mary Jane Weiss, PhD, BCBA-D Melmark Authors’ Note: This treatment summary discusses Ayres Sensory Integration®, a sensory approach that has recently been shown to be associated with some change for some learners. This represents a change in existing literature, and stands in contrast to the literature on other sensory approaches,…
Updated by: Kathryn Daly, MA, BCBA, LBA Long Island ABA David Celiberti, PhD, BCBA-D Association for Science in Autism Treatment Description: Rapid Prompting Method (RPM), was developed by a parent of a child with autism in order to teach communication through a system of quickly delivered prompts, meant to match the rate at which a…
Updated by: David Celiberti, PhD, BCBA-D and Kathryn Daly, MA, BCBA, LBA Association for Science in Autism Treatment Description: Facilitated Communication (FC) is a purported intervention in which the service provider, a “facilitator,” holds the participant’s hands, wrists, or arms to help him or her spell messages on a keyboard or a board with printed…
Updated by Frank Cicero, PhD, BCBA and Erin Leif, PhD, BCBA-D Association for Science in Autism Treatment Description: The Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) is a commercially available, standardized, naturalistic developmental behavioral intervention designed for the treatment of young children (aged 12-48 months) with or at risk for an autism spectrum diagnosis (ASD). The ESDM…
Updated by Lisa Tereshko, PhD, BCBA-D, Endicott College Joyce Mauk, MD, Burnett School of Medicine at TCU and Austin College Description: There is a hypothesis that individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have higher levels of toxic heavy metals in their systems than their peers (Lagan & Balfe, 2018); however, this hypothesis is unproven. This…
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Source Thank you, Jordan Gass-Pooré, for your November 18, 2012 piece on sensory integration therapy (SIT). The Association for Science in Autism Treatment’s Media Watch initiative monitors mainstream media to identify published information about autism and autism treatment, and we provide critique where needed, as well as our praise to journalists writing objectively and…
Source Dear Mr. Schofield, Here at the Association for Science in Autism Treatment (ASAT), we have a Media Watch initiative to identify how the media is portraying autism and what is said about treatment, and are writing to you with the following comments on your BBC News piece (“France’s autism treatment ‘shame,’” BBC News,…
