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Clinical Care Guidelines

From the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Identification and Evaluation of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

American Academy of Pediatrics

PEDIATRICS Volume 120, Number 5, November 2007

 

Management of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

American Academy of Pediatrics

PEDIATRICS Volume 120, Number 5, November 2007

Practice Parameter: Screening and Diagnosis of Autism

Neurology Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society, (2000), 11 pages. Endorsed by the Society for Developmental Pediatrics and the AAP.
www.aan.com/professionals/practice/pdfs/gl0063.pdf

• Outline of Practice Parameter. Diagnostic Testing- First Signs Website

  www.firstsigns.org/treatment/dx.htm

Other Resources

Health:

Autism/ASD Guidelines for Medical Home Primary Care Practices.  From the Waisman Center in Wisconsin

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Guidelines for the Care of Children and Adolescents with Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders

From "The Physician's Guide to Caring for Children with Disabilities and Chronic Conditions", (2000), 3 pages. Edited by Drs. Robert E. Nickel and Larry W. Desch
www.ohsu.edu/outreach/cdrc/medicalhome/docs/autism.pdf

Practical Oral Care for People with Autism

National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research

www.nidcr.nih.gov/HealthInformation/DiseasesAndConditions/DevelopmentalDisabilitiesAndOralHealth/
Autism.htm

Education:

Educating Children with Autism (Chapter on Recommendations)

Committee on Educational Interventions for Children with Autism.

National Research Council (2001). Committee on Educational Interventions for Children with Autism. C. Lord & J. McGee (Eds.), Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

Early intervention in autism: Effectiveness and common elements of current approaches

Dawson, G. & Osterling, J. (1997). In Guralnick, M.J. (Ed.), The effectiveness of early intervention : Second generation research (pp. 307-326). Baltimore, MD: Brookes.

Evidence-Based Comprehensive Treatments for Early Autism

Rogers SJ, Vismara LA.  (2008). Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. 37(1):8-38.

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Reviewed and updated by Katherine TeKolste, MD August 26, 2009.