Should early intervention in autism be provided?

When should an intervention be provided?

The questions of whether, when, and how much to provide of a health care intervention are central to decision making across all levels of health care, from government through to individual clinicians. A recent Editorial in Australian Journal of Physiotherapy declared that the benefit-harm trade-off method (Barrett et al 2005) was a 'clearly superior' approach to determine whether effects of an ...

Should Clinical Services Provided by Pharmacists be Compensated?

Should Clinical Services Provided by Pharmacists be Compensated?

Early Intervention in Autism

We now know that professionals can diagnose children with autism when they are as young as 2 years of age (Lord, 1995). Screening and the role of the pediatrician have become even more critical as we have recognized the stability of early diagnosis over time and the importance of early intervention. At this point, experts working with children with autism agree that early intervention is critic...

Early Intervention in Autism

Many interventions for autism have been promoted within and outside mainstream health systems, often making startling claims of effect. Pressure from families, service providers and policy makers for new intervention programs is understandable, and these are reinforced in some areas by statutory imperatives. In such a context the need for rigorous evaluation is clear but has often been lacking....