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View Post: Parent Training Helps Children with Autism
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View Post: Media dis&dat: Kids with autism do better when parents receive ...
10 hours ago by BA Haller  
The study was conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health Research Units on Pediatric Psychopharmacology. Results from a 2002 RUPP report showed most children's symptoms returned when the medication was discontinued after six ...
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View Post: Behavior Problems in Children with Autism - Parent Training Key to ...
28 Nov 2009
... 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the study was conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Research Units on Pediatric Psychopharmacology (RUPP) Autism Network. ...
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View Post: U.S. widening definition for disability at work - Autism Blog ...
27 Nov 2009 by Co-opProvider.com  
“In the past 10 years, it's become extremely difficult for people to use the ADA, particularly to fight workplace discrimination,” said Jennifer Mathis, deputy legal director for the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law. ...
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View Post: Untested autism treatments - Mad World
25 Nov 2009
Mind Hacks has an interesting post on untested and potentially dangerous treatments being used on autistic children by desperate parents in the US. Some of the "treatments" apparently involved putting children in pressurised containers, ...
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View Post: Mental Health Update: Autism: parent training helps improve ...
23 Nov 2009 by noreply@blogger.com (John Gale)  
Researchers from the National Institute of Mental Health in the U.S. have been studying the effectiveness of adding a training programme to help parents manage their children's disruptive behaviour on top of the drug therapy ...
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View Post: Autism charity saddened by McKinnon extradition « Edinburgh Napier ...
27 Nov 2009 by niallmcquaid  
He added: “People with Asperger syndrome are often much more vulnerable than appearances would suggest and can be highly susceptible to additional mental health problems.” This entry was posted on November 27, 2009 at 13:56 and is filed ...
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View Post: Opinion: The Betrayal Of Gary McKinnon « Same Difference
27 Nov 2009 by samedifference1  
But even though the secondary mental health issues are common among unsupported autistic adults, not everyone with Asperger's will develop them. Having Asperger's in society today feels like being a square peg trying to fit into a round ...
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View Post: Parental Guidance Plus Medications Aid Autistic Children
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23 Nov 2009 by Rick Nauert PhD   ...
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View Post: DR. DAN L. EDMUNDS, Ed.D.-A VOICE OF COMPASSION AND REASON IN THE ...
14 hours ago by DR. DAN L. EDMUNDS, Ed.D./INTERNATIONAL...  
Controversial and often iconoclastic, he is an outspoken social critic and has sought to return ethics and compassion to the mental health system. Among his works are ROOTS OF DISTRESS, CHILDREN OUR TREASURE, NAVIGATING THROUGH THE ... 2001 - hosts local radio program on drug free approaches to children's behavioral health concerns. Begins training in relationship based approaches to autism/developmental differences. 2004- Receives Board Certification in Sexual Abuse ...
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