Purpose of this quasi-experimental trial was to investigate the effect of Pivotal response treatment (PRT) versus treatment as usual (TAU) on autism symptoms. Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), aged 3-8 years, received either PRT (n = 11) or TAU (n = 13). Primary outcome measure was the total score on the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule at pre- and posttreatment. Additionally,...

Objective: The present study aimed to review the literature on non-pharmacological interventions used to treat stereotyped and repetitive behaviors by a systematic method. Methods: Two authors independently performed a search strategy on Medline/PubMed, Scopus and PsycINFO on English articles published up to April 23, 2014 with relevant search keywords. We also reviewed the bibliographies of...

introduction the goal of research is investigation on the effectiveness of holistic multi-dimensional treatment model (hmtm) in improvement of cars test indicators in children with autism spectrum disorder (asd) and it is done without pharmaceutical interventions, without names and accompanied by parental satisfaction questionnaire. materials and methods in this study with purposeful sampling m...

Introduction Autism is approaching the numbers of an epidemic. Past efforts have focused on identifying the genetic basis of Autism Spectrum disorders with minimal success. Recently, a lot of work is being carried out in Epigenetics, Nutrigenetics in order to analyse the cause of Autism Spectrum Disorders. The present paper reviews the various studies being conducted in this domain and provides...

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Melatonin treatment is effective in treating sleep onset problems in children with delayed melatonin onset, but effects usually disappear when treatment is discontinued. In this pilot study, we investigated whether classical conditioning might help in preserving treatment effects of melatonin in children with sleep onset problems, with and without comorbid attention deficit hyperactivity disord...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a pervasive developmental with limited social and communication skills, repetitive movements. Motor skills in these individuals may differ compared to their peers. It known that it creates special risk group because increases the of heart diseases, diabetes obesity. thought physical activity will also be effective on autism terms proving an tool reducing risks ...