autistic children in nurseries: One of us

By Anne Sutcliffe, Nursery World, 12 October 2000

Autistic children are now being integrated into mainstream early years settings with happy results all round. Anne Sutcliffe hears from two success

Autistic children are now being integrated into mainstream early years settings with happy results all round. Anne Sutcliffe hears from two success stories Fn the past six years there has been a complete turnaround in the treatment of young autistic children following the spread of American teaching programmes such as the Lovaas (Abstract Behavioural Analysis) programme and the Option/Son-Rise programme. These involve intense one-to-one interaction and the teaching of social skills. Many children have made spectacular progress under...

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