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• Health: Medicine: Medical Specialties: Behavioral Medicine  (9)
• Society: Issues: Health: Conditions and Diseases: Autism  (18)

• Aba4autism - Online course for caregivers of children with autism or other neuropsychological disorders.
• Alternative Therapies for Children with Brain Injury and Developmental Disorders - In conjunction with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona, this site includes overviews, reviews, explanations of the newest treatments for brain injury and developmental disorders. Includes links to other resources and an interactive WebForum for discussion of topics with other parents and physicians in the field.
• Applied behavior analysis resources - A collection of resources for parents of children with autism spectrum disorders.
• Autism - Alternative Remedies - Find suitable remedies from the characteristic symptoms and the modalities of patient.
• Autism and Developmental Disorders: A Developmental Approach - A developmental, individual-difference, relationship-based approach (D.I.R.) to intervention--also known as "floor-time." Based on the work of Stanley Greenspan and James McDonald.
• Autism and Emotional Development - Treating autism by promoting emotional development up to the stage of emotion for relaxation.
• Autism: Education and Treatment - Highlights some of the more common approaches parents and educators take when dealing with an autistic child. Provides a list of organizations devoted to Autistic support and research.
• Autism Outreach, Inc - Providing ABA programs for children in the Northern Virginia, Maryland and District of Columbia. Includes details about Applied Behavior Analysis, the program and links.
• Autism Web - A Parents' Resource Guide - A guide to the diagnosis, treatment and education of children with autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorder. Information on diet, teaching methods, links, a message board, and book guide.
• Cambridge Center Autism Section - The Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies offers a section of their web site to educating parents and other interested persons about the ABA approach.
• Concepts of ABA - Basic concepts of Applied Behavior Analysis and the application of these principles in the treatment of Autism.
• Dr. Amy Holmes, MD - Offering mercury chelation as a treatment for autism.
• Kathy and Calvin's Home Page - Information on Applied Behavior Analysis, ABA, Verbal Behavior, and Oregon Autism resources.
• Not Just Talking - Sioban Boyce, working in the field of speech and language therapy in the UK, helps children develop communication strategies to gain control over their behaviour.
• RDI - Relationship Development Intervention - Family-based therapy for people with Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, and PDD.
• Tole Institute - Alternative Autistic Medical Centre in Malaysia using herbal medicine and acupuncture.
• Video Futures - Video Self Modeling uses carefully planned and edited positive self-images on video to change the frequency or quality of a person's behavior.

• Doctor Who used Chelation Therapy Charged in Autistic Boy's Death - Describes the circumstances of the tragedy that followed a controversial chemical treatment. (August 23, 2007)
• Caution Urged for Autism Treatments - WebMD article describes how unproven treatments have increased as the number of children with autism has dramatically grown. (August 20, 2007)
• NPR : A New Approach to Autism - The MIND Institute, founded by fathers of autistic sons, is trying to make parents key players in the search for a cure. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports. [12:23 Realaudio broadcast] (January 20, 2003)

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