Summaries of Scientific Research on Interventions on Autism

Research summaries for each of the following psychological, educational and therapeutic interventions will follow at the end of the list of treatment descriptions.

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Psychological, Educational, and Therapeutic Interventions

• Animal Therapy
  • Therapeutic Horseback Riding
  • Dolphin Therapy
  • Pet Therapy
• Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
• Art Therapy
• Auditory Integration Therapy (AIT)
  • Tomatis Method
  • Berard Method
  • Fast Forward
  • Earobics
• Augmentative Communication
• Developmental Therapies
  • Developmentally-based Individual-difference Relationship-based Intervention (DIR)
  • Floor Time
  • Greenspan Method
• Facilitated Communication
• Glasses
• Holding Therapy
• Music Therapy
• Oral-Motor Training/Therapy
  • Kaufman Method
  • Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Targets (PROMPT)
  • Rosenfeld-Johnson Method
• Patterning
• Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
• Project TEACCH (Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication-handicapped Children)
• Psychoanalytic and Humanistic Play Therapy
• Recreational Sports/Exercise
• Relationship Development Intervention (RDI)
• Sensory Integrative Therapy (Sensory Integration, SI, or SIT)
• Socialization related classes
• Social Stories
• Son Rise (Options)
• Video Modeling
• Vision Therapy
  • Irlen lenses
  • Glasses
  • Eye exercises
  • Rapid Eye Therapy
  • Iridology
  • Ambient lenses
  • Yoked prisms

Biomedical Interventions

• Anti-Fungal Medication
  • Flagyl (metronidazole)
  • Diflucan (fluconazole)
  • Nystatin
• Anti-Yeast Medication
• Chelation Therapy
• Craniosacral Therapy
• Herbs and Homeopathic Treatments
• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
• Magnets
• Medications
  • Risperdal (risperidone)
  • Ritalin (methylphenidate)
  • Prozac (fluoxetine)
• Secretin
• Special Diets
  • Gluten-free (wheat)
  • Casein-Free (dairy)
  • Gluten-Free Casein-Free Diet (GfCf Diet)
  • Sugar free
  • Removal of food dyes
  • Foods thought to produce maladaptive behavior
• Vitamin and Supplement Therapy
  • Vitamin A
  • Vitamin B6
  • Vitamin B12
  • Vitamin C
  • Vitamin D
  • Magnesium
  • Dimethylglycerine (DMG)
  • Calcium
  • Omega 3 Fatty Acids