November 13, 2009



Treatment of children with autism is complex, time intensive and expensive. Treatments must address core deficits (i.e., impairment in socialization, communication and behavior) and/or co-occurring symptoms or conditions (e.g., hyperactivity and aggression). One treatment modality cannot treat all symptoms. Dr. Susan Levy, University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, describes standard and novel treatments, reports rationales for treatment selection by families and caregivers, and discuss the evidence based support for selected treatments and lessons learned. Series: M.I.N.D. Institute Lecture Series on Neurodevelopmental Disorders [12/2009] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 17659]

1. Autism Assessment and Education Planning for Children
2. Social Skills Training in Adolescence
3. What Causes Autism? Two Short Stories
4. Educating Individuals with Autism
5. Intellectual Disabilities and College
6. Treatments for Children with Autism
7. Autism and Access to General Education
8. Where Are We with the Autisms?
9. Social Lives of Children with Autism at School
10. Improving School-Related Peer Relationships
11. Autism: Effective interven
12. Visualizing and Verbalizing - Children with Learning Delays
13. The Mind of a Visual Thinker: Photo-Realistic Images
14. Autism and the Brain's Theory of Mind
15. Medication Treatment in Autism: What Really Works

A selection of autism-related programming from the University of California. Check out the entire collection at http://www.uctv.tv/autism.