AUTISM THERAPY SERVICES

There are a wide variety of treatment options which are available for Autism which has shown to reduce symptoms, improve cognitive abilities and daily living skills, and maximize the ability of the child to function and participate in the community thus improving their social life.

Children with autism have unique strengths along with their challenges with regard to cognition,behaviour, pragmatics, speech and language, therefore they require a multi disciplinary approach which can be child mediated or parent mediated. This approach is accompanied with a team approach, where the team consists of the following professionals :

  • Pediatrician
  • Speech Language Pathologist
  • Audiologist
  • Occupational Therapist
  • Behavioural Therapist
  • Psychologist and 
  • Special Educators

Treatments for ASD can be grouped into different categories

  • Behavioral and Cognitive therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Speech Language Therapy
  • Medications

BEHAVIORAL & COGNITIVE THERAPY

These programs help improve  social skills, attention, sleep, play, anxiety, parent interaction, and challenging behavior and also helps with children’s all around development.

This therapy addresses problems of the child in a social setting, where the child will be taught to manage their anxiety and cope with their fears.

The most commonly used approach is Applied Behavioural Analysis(ABA)

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

An occupational therapist teaches skills that help the person live independently. Skills may include dressing, eating, bathing, and relating to people. This therapy also helps manage sensory integration issues.

SPEECH & LANGUAGE THERAPY

This therapy programme addresses the child’s speech and language needs thus helping with overall communication skills. It mostly emphasizes on verbal communication and for those who are not able to rely on verbal mode, speech therapists can make use of alternative augmentative communication and gestural communication.

MEDICATIONS

Every treatment option plays a very vital role in management of children with ASD for holistic skills development.

At Hearing Point, we provide all kinds of intervention required for your child with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Contact us now to know more.