Therapies & Interventions

What are some relative strengths of William's Syndrome?

Speech production: Fluency, Syntax & grammar

What are some weaknesses of William's Syndrome?

Executive functions & Visuospatial abilities

What are some potential strengths of Autism?

Attention to detail & pattern recognition

What are some potential weaknesses of Autism?

Executive function & theory of mind impairments

What are the different types of therapies & interventions?

Physical, behaviour, Psychological & Language

What is PECS?

Picture Exchange Communication System

What are the stages of PECS?

1. Physical exchange

2. Increasing independence

3. Learning to discriminate

4. Sentence structure

5. Answering direct questions

6. Commenting

What is Makaton?

Using symbols, gestures & speech to enable people to communicate

What are the vocabularies learnt in Makaton?

Core vocabulary & topic-based resource vocabulary

What is Play Therapy?

A method of meeting and responding to the mental health needs of children through play

What are the types of Play therapy?

Directive & Non directive

What are the benefits of music therapy?

Improves connection, strengthens coordination & encourages spotaneous play

What is ABA?

An intensive therapy that focuses on positive conditioing to promote desired behaviours

How effective is ABA?

Can improve IQ, language capabilties & adaptive behaviour

What are some limitations of ABA?

Dehumanises autistic individuals

How did autistic children participating in EIBI perform in IQ and adaptive behaviour measures? (Peters-Scheffe et al., 2011)

Better than children in other treatments