Question
An 8-month-old child has been diagnosed with autism. What should be done for intervention treatment?
Answer
The latest treatment methods for autism include:
- ABA Applied Behavior Analysis, a form of round-robin teaching that breaks down goals, reinforces, and assists through systematic operations.
- PCI Game Culture Intervention Therapy, a systematic intervention program developed by Professor Yang Zongren of Taiwan based on the “Human Development Relationships Chapter” and combined with localized game teaching practices.
- TEACCH Structured Teaching Method, proposed by psychologist Eric Schatzberg at the University of North Carolina in the 1960s and adopted by many public school systems. It provides a structured educational environment with distinct, clear areas for each task. It relies on visual learning and is particularly effective for many children with autism and on the autism spectrum.