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