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Autism Clinical Services
Core Function: Clinical Services
The Autism Clinical Services project provides state-of-the-art comprehensive and coordinated services to children from birth through adolescence at risk for or with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and/or Asperger syndrome, and their families. Clinical services fall into four unique services areas: (1) Autism Diagnostic Services, (2) Autism Consultation and Inservice, (3) Autism Intervention Services, (4) Autism Medical and Psychiatric Services.
Diagnostic Services
The Center provides diagnostic evaluations for infants, children, and adolescents who are suspected to have an autism spectrum disorder. In addition, educational, neuropsychological, speech and language, and occupational therapy evaluations are provided to aid in educational and intervention planning, such as developing IEP goals and recommending strategies for teaching new skills. Follow-up consultations to the child's school or other settings are often provided to assist in implementing recommendations.
Consultation and Training Services
The Center offers consultation to schools and other agencies to assist them in program development for children with autism spectrum disorders. Consultation may target individual children, classrooms, or district wide programs. Inservice training is also provided to schools and community providers.
Intervention Services
Early intervention services are provided by the ECAC (early childhood autism consultants) team utilizing best practice strategies. Services may include early intervention consultation for families at home or in the classroom, skills and behavior assessments, and social skills groups. Clinicians at the Center provide a range of other intervention services.
Occupational therapy services focus on a child’s ability to participate successfully in “occupations” or activities that are meaningful and relevant to their age or developmental level. Occupational therapy services include family or school consultation, evaluation, and individual or small group treatments.
Speech-language pathologists provide both evaluation and intervention services. Evaluations include assessment of receptive and expressive language, social communication, play, and speech skills, with information gathered from parent report, observation, formal assessments, and structured interactions. Detailed recommendations are provided for use at home, school, or individual speech and language therapy.
Medical Services
Psychiatrists provide psychiatric consultation, diagnostic services, and medication. Developmental Pediatricians provide evaluation and diagnosis; assessment of contributing medical and psychosocial factors; and consultation on specific functional issues, such as toileting and sleep disturbances, behavior dysregulation and aggression, self-injurious behaviors, motor tics, social relatedness, and others.
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