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2. Augmentative and alternative communication - Wikipedia

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   More formalized gestural codes exist that lack a base in a naturally occurring language. For example, the Amer-Ind code is based on Plains Indian Sign Language, and has been used with children with severe-profound disabilities, and adults with a variety of diagnoses including dementia, aphasia and dysarthria. [24]

3. AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication for Autism

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   AAC also helps non-verbal autistic individuals communicate with their peers. Augmentative and alternative communication can include both aided and unaided communication. Unaided Modes. Unaided ...

4. Sensory Integration Therapy: How It Works, Effectiveness

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   Infants and toddlers: For infants and toddlers, occupational therapy can improve the different aspects of early life, such as playtime, sleep, meals, and socialization. School-age children: For ...

5. Autism Treatment for Adults and Children: What Works?

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   Social skills training (SST) is a way for people, especially children, to develop social skills. For some people with autism, interacting with others is very difficult. This can lead to many ...

6. ABA Therapy: How It Works, Examples, Cost, Controversy

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   This range can vary depending on your child’s needs. Assuming your child needs an average of 10 hours of ABA per week at a rate of $120 per hour, treatment would cost $1,200 per week. Many ...

7. Language deprivation in children with hearing loss - Wikipedia

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   Language deprivation in deaf and hard-of-hearing children is a delay in language development that occurs when sufficient exposure to language, spoken or signed, is not provided in the first few years of a deaf or hard of hearing child's life, often called the critical or sensitive period. Early intervention, parental involvement, and other ...

8. Intellectual disability - Wikipedia

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   In a 2019 Cochrane review on beginning reading interventions for children and adolescents with intellectual disability, small to moderate improvements in phonological awareness, word reading, decoding, expressive and receptive language skills, and reading fluency were noted when these elements were part of the teaching intervention. [53]

9. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Kids: How It Works

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   The takeaway. CBT can help children understand how thoughts and emotions affect behavior and how changing their thoughts and emotions can change this behavior and the way they feel. CBT is a safe ...