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Show: December 12, 2010:
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Group-Based Therapy for Autism
Host: Kathy Miller, MD
Interview: Rebecca Landa, PhD, Director, Center for Autism and Related Disorders and the REACH research program, Kennedy Krieger Institute
Earlier this week, the Kennedy Krieger Institute released a study involving very young children diagnosed with autism.
Rebecca Landa, PhD, is a leading authority on early detection and intervention for autism. Her study of two-year-olds was the first one of its kind funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Landa found that a classroom environment was a successful treatment that allows the children to learn how to interact in a group.
looking for an alternative to the very expensive autism interventions that require many hours per week of one-on-one therapy.
She told Sound Medicine’s Dr. Kathy Miller about a group-treatment model that has had very encouraging results.
Additional Resources:
- The First Signs website offers insight on early detection of autism and offers screening tools for parents.
- Get details on Dr. Landa's study in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
- Read more about Rebecca Landa's autism research at the Kennedy Krieger Institute.
- Read up on autism at the American Academy of Pediatrics, which includes a toolkit for physicians.
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