Thursday, January 13, 2011

Best Practice for Children diagnosed with Aspergers ages 15-18

The following types of intervention have been found to be most effective; (but does not preclude some use of other interventions mentioned depending upon the individual needs of the child and family):

• Modeling …

Based on information from: The National Autism Center’s National Standards Project Findings and Conclusions: 2009

When interviewing potential providers, you may want to ask the following questions:

4) How has the agency and the individual therapist/staff gained expertise/certification in the above intervention?

5) What is the average (12 month) improvement in skills (BI score) and behavior (GMI score) for a child (age 15-18) diagnosed with aspergers, using their agency and the above intervention?

6) Ask them to fully explain how they will implement the above intervention in collaboration with other therapies your child is receiving.

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