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David Celiberti, PhD, BCBA-D and Sunita Chhatwani, MSc, MEd Association for Science in Autism Treatment Description: Magnet therapy, magnetic field therapy, or magnetotherapy is a procedure that involves the application of magnets to target overall health as well as an array of pain conditions arising from arthritis, insomnia, headache, neuropathy, tensions, sciatica, fibromyalgia, pelvic pain,…
Updated by: Jacquelin Medrano, MS, and Natalie Wilcox, BA University of Oregon Description: Holding therapy (HT) was a method developed to address behavior(s) in children and adults based primarily on alternative theories and attachment theories. Alternative theories are the belief that personality characteristics can be transformed by forceful physical means (Pignotti & Mercer, 2007). Attachment theory,…
Updated by: David Celiberti, PhD, BCBA-D, Kathryn Daly, MA, BCBA, and Jamaun Willis, MEd, BCBA Association for Science in Autism Treatment Description: Facilitated Communication (FC) is an 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…
Updated by: Grace Broten, BS & Catherine McHugh, BCBA-D, LBA Atlas Autism Health Editor’s Note: There are many interventions used during the stage of early childhood by early intervention providers (e.g., Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention, Early Start Denver Model, Pivotal Response Training). Some of these interventions are also used across the lifespan to support individuals…
Updated by: Elizabeth Johnson Singh, MS, University of Oregon Heidi Pattieshaw, BS, University of Oregon & Corvallis School District 509J Description DIRFloortime (Developmental, Individual-differences, Relationship-based Floortime) is a child-centered, play-based intervention developed in the late 1990s by child psychiatrist Dr. Stanley Greenspan and clinical psychologist Dr. Serena Wieder. It is based on Greenspan’s theory of…
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…
Kristin S. Bowman, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCBA-D Endicott College & Grace Effect Therapy Services Examples: Sign language, pictures, speech-generating device, voice output communication aid Description According to the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA), Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) is an umbrella term that encompasses all communication modalities other than vocal-verbal communication (i.e., talking; ASHA, n.d.-a). As the…
Updated by: Frank Cicero, PhD, BCBA Seton Hall University and the Association for Science in Autism Treatment Description Functional communication training (FCT) is a behaviorally-based procedure used to increase effective communication behavior and reduce inappropriate/challenging behavior that is not effective because it does not communicate the person’s wants or needs clearly and/or does not fit…