Friday, July 14, 2023

The American Medical Association Withdraws Support for ABA and Opens the Door for More Advocacy for (therapies such as P.L.A.Y. and DIR)

 This article is more specific to DIR, PLAY is of course, based upon DIR but with significantly more parental involvement and solid research in efficacy both for improvement for the child and stress reduction for the parent.


The AMA House of Delegates Handbook from the 2023 Annual Meeting at the Hyatt Regency Chicago June 9-4 can be found by clicking here.

Saturday, June 24, 2023

Monday, June 19, 2023

Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorder AN Creem, KA Rodriguez, BJ Hillhouse, R Lee, JB Leaf - Handbook of Clinical Child …, 2023

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Parent-Focused Interventions, Family Need, and Family Adjustment for Parents of Children with Autism S Carse - 2023

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[PDF] Leigh syndrome. Literature review and case report S Ekkert - International student conference on pediatrics 2023 …, 2023 Objectives. Childhood fever is one of the most common clinical symptoms that often leads to parental concern. Parental involvement in child’s fever management and treatment has a huge impact on the progression of the disease and it’s outcome

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[PDF] Exploring the Influence of Parental Literacy Status on the Implementation of Dance Movement Therapy for Motor Skill Development in Children with Intellectual … A Nanda, M Rizwaan, BB Mohapatra, P Das, AK Padhy - Asian Journal of Education …, 2023

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[PDF] The Role of Occupational Therapy in Transition Programs for High School Students with Disabilities T Kehren - 2023

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Supporting Noise Sensitivity and Emotion Regulation with Children E Dotch, J Hu, A Mavrovounioti, W Du, J Johnson… - Proceedings of the 22nd …, 2023

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Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Unexpected Genetic Influence of Fathers in Autism

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(Should not really be unsuspected.  There has already been a lot of research, obviously ignored by some.)

What to know about GABA

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Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA)

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Functions and dysfunctions of nitric oxide in brain

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Israeli study reveals potential method for reducing symptoms of autism

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