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Developmental & Behavioral Specialists
MEDIA CENTER
There’s a reason why Restore Healthcare Pediatric Therapy is known as the Developmental & Behavioral Therapy, and part of it has to do with maintaining a relationship with our patients and the wider community. Whether you’re looking for tips on how to assist your child, stay healthy, or want to learn about the latest industry trends for pediatrics, our news center is always accessible and regularly updated to include the most relevant information.
A Look at the Industry’s Latest Medical news on Autism
There is no debate or doubt: early intervention is your child’s best hope for the future. Early attention to improving the core behavioral symptoms of autism will give your child – and the rest of the family – several important benefits that you will not gain if you take a wait-and-see approach until your child enters school at age four or five. A good early intervention program has at least four benefits: It will provide your child with instruction that will build on his or her strengths to teach new skills, improve behaviors, and remediate areas of weakness. It will provide you with information that will help you better understand your child’s behavior and needs. It will offer resources, support, and training that will enable you to work and play with your child more effectively. It will improve the outcome for your child. For these reasons, an intervention program for your child should be implemented as soon as possible after he or she receives a diagnosis. However, as you probably know by now, it can be very challenging to teach young children with autism. They have a unique profile of strengths and needs and require intervention services and teaching approaches that are sensitive to these needs. That’s why strategies that worked for teaching your other children to remain seated at the dinner table, to play appropriately with a toy, or to say words simply don’t work as well for your child with autism. In the same way, intervention programs that are generic – rather than autism specialized – are less likely to be effective for your child. That’s why as you begin your exploration of early intervention, you must keep in mind that not all interventions are equal.
Early Intervention will improve the outcome for your child
When Milestones are Delays
If your child's development seems delayed or shows any of the behaviors in the following list, tell your child's doctor. Sometimes language delays occur along with these behaviors. Also, tell your child's doctor if your baby stops talking or doing things that he or she used to do.
Doesn't cuddle like other babies
Doesn't return a happy smile back to you
Doesn't seem to notice if you are in the room
Doesn't seem to notice certain noises (for example, seems to hear a car horn or a cat's meow but not when you call his or her name)
Acts as if he or she is in his or her own world
Prefers to play alone; seems to "tune others out"
Doesn't seem interested in or play with toys but likes to play with objects in the house
Has intense interest in objects young children are not usually interested in (for example, would rather carry around a flashlight or ballpoint pen than a stuffed animal or favorite blanket)
Can say the ABCs, numbers, or words to TV jingles but can't use words to ask for things he or she wants
Doesn't seem to be afraid of anything
Doesn't seem to feel pain in a typical fashion
Uses words or phrases that are unusual for the situation or repeats scripts from TV
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