Alphabetic List of Autism Interventions, Treatments and Therapies
This section contains an alphabetic list of interventions, and some specific techniques, designed to help people with autism spectrum disorders.
You may be able to find more information, including links to other parts of this website, by clicking on the title of an intervention.
If you know of an intervention which is not listed here please email info@researchautism.net.
Please note that we reserve the right to not include information about an intervention if we do not consider it appropriate.
Disclaimer
The fact that an intervention or technique is listed here does not necessarily mean that we support its use. Nor does it mean that there is any scientifically valid or reliable evidence behind it.
Over time we hope to evaluate each of the interventions and techniques in this section, providing a ranking which tells you the level of scientific evidence which supports or does not support its use. You can find details of the interventions we have already ranked in the list of Evaluated interventions
- Intervention Name
- Description
- E-Communities
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Another name for online communities – such as listservs, chatrooms, forums and websites – used by people with autism and others to talk to one another
- EARC Monarch Program
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A programme of activities run by the Emory Autism Resource Center in Georgia, US for or school-age students with autism.
- Early Intensive Behavioural Interventions
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Early Intensive Behavioural Interventions are highly structured and intense interventions in which a child is taught a range of skills by a team of therapists.
- Early Start Denver Model
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The Early Start Denver Model is a fusion of the Denver Model and pivotal response training, in which a multi-disciplinary treatment group devises a personalised treatment plan for each child, which is delivered in the home and elsewhere by the parents of the child.
- EarlyBird Programme
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Parent-focused programme, run by the National Autistic Society in the UK, designed to help parents understand and work with their children
- EarlyBird Programme
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Another name for the NAS EarlyBird Programme, a programme run by the National Autistic Society in the UK which combines group training sessions for parents with individual home visits when video feedback is used to help parents apply what they learn, whilst working with their child.
- EarlyBird Programme Plus
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Another name for the NAS EarlyBird Programme Plus, which is a modified form of the NAS EarlyBird programme, designed to meet the needs of families whose child has received a later diagnosis.
- Ebixa®
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Ebixa® is a brand name for memantine, which is in a type of medications called NMDA receptor antagonists..
- ECT
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Acronym for Electro-Convulsive Therapy, a treatment in which seizures are induced by passing electricity through the brain of an anaesthetised individual.
- Edetate
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Another term for EDTA, a synthetic solution used as a chelating agent to remove heavy metals from the body.
- Edetic Acid
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Another term for EDTA, a synthetic solution used as a chelating agent to remove heavy metals from the body.
- Edronax®
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Edronax® is a brand name for reboxetine, a type of drug called a selective noradrenaline re-uptake inhibitor which is a type of antidepressant.
- EDTA
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Acronym for Ethylene-Diamine-Tetra-Acetic Acid, a synthetic solution used as a chelating agent to remove heavy metals from the body.
- Educational Interventions
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Educational interventions are activities which are are primarily carried out by teachers in schools and nurseries.
- EEG Biofeedback
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Another term for neuro-feedback training, a form of biofeedback training.
- EEG Biofeedback Therapy
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Another name for Biofeedback, a range of therapies in which individuals are taught to control their own physiological functions such as heart rate, muscle tension, and brain waves
- EFAs
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Acronym for essential fatty acids – polyunsaturated fatty acids that cannot be created within the human body and must therefore be obtained from the diet.
- EFT
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Acronym for Emotional Freedom Technique, a therapy that involves placing physical pressure on different acupuncture points on the surface of the body
- Eicosapentaenoic Acid
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A type of omega 3 fatty acid ingested in some foodstuffs such as fish oil.
- Electro-Convulsive Therapy
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Treatment in which seizures are induced by passing electricity through the brain of an anaesthetised individual
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Last Updated : 27/02/2013
