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Therapies and Treatments The South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs and the South Carolina Autism Society do not endorse nor promote any particular treatment or therapy. Some of the therapies and treatments listed are not viewed as credible approaches by some medical and professional associations.
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Anti-Yeast Therapy Complete Candida Yeast Guidebook: Everything You need to Know about Prevention, Treatment, and Diet Jeanne Marie Martin, With Zoltan P. Rona/Paperback/Prima Communications, Inc. Candida Albicans: Could Yeast Be Your Problem? Leon Chaitow/ Paperback/ Inner Traditions International, Limited/ September 1998. Recommended Web Sites: http://www.yeastconnection.com
Applied Behavior Analysis Behavioral Intervention for Young Children With Autism: A Manual for Parents and Professionals By Catherine Maurice (Editor), et. al., Paperback A Work In Progress: Behavior Management Strategies and a Curriculum for Intensive Behavioral Treatment of Autism Ron Leaf & John McEachin, Editors. DRL Books. Also refer to: Discrete Trial Therapy and Lovaas Recommended Web Sites: http://www.abainternational.org
Aromatherapy Flower Power: Flower Remedies for Healing Body and Soul Through Herbalism, Homeopathy, Aromatherapy, and Flower Essences. Anne McIntyre, Foreword by David Hoffman/paperback/Henry Holt & company, incorporated/ September 1996. Aromatherapy: A Lifetime Guide To Healing with Essential Oils. Valerie Cooksley/Paperback/ Prentice Hall Recommended Web Sites: http://home.freeuk.net/aromatherapist
Auditory Integration Assessment and Management of Central Auditory Processing Disorders in the Educational Setting: From Science to Practice Teri James Bellis, John R. Burke/Paperback/Singular Publishing Group, Inc. The Sound of a Miracle by Annabel Stehli. Distributed by the Georgiana Foundation. Recommended Web Sites: http://www.autism.com/ari http://www.auditoryintegration.net

Craniosacral Therapy Craniosacral Therapy, Vol. 1 John E. Upledger, Jon Vredevoodg/ hardcover/ Eastland Press/February 1993 An Introduction to Craniosacral Therapy: Anatomy, Function, and Treatment Don Cohen, Amie Forest (Illustrator), Jules Rodriguez (Illustrator), Foreword by John E. Upledger/ Paperback/ North Atlantic Books. Recommended Web Sites: http://craniosacral.com/
Dance Therapy Stepping to the Dance: the Training of a Family Therapist Carolyn Cressy Wells/ paperback/ international Thomson Publishing/ July 1997 Dance as a Healing Art: Returning to Health through Movement and Imagery, Anna Halprin/ Paperback/ LifeRhytm/ March 2000 Recommended Web Sites: http://www.hancockcenter.net
Dietary Intervention The Yeast Connection Handbook: How Yeasts Can Make You Feel Sick All Over and the Steps You Need to Take to Regain Your Health William G. Crook/ Paperback/ Professional books The Yeast Connection Cookbook: A Guide to Good Nutrition and Better Health William G Crook, Marjorie Hurt Jones/paperback. Recommended Web Sites: http://www.autism.com/ari/
Discrete Trial Training Let me hear Your voice: A Family's triumph Over Autism by Catherine Maurice, Random House, Inc. A Work In Progress: Behavior Management Strategies and a Curriculum for Intensive Behavioral Treatment of Autism Ron Leaf & John McEachin, Editors. DRL Books. Also refer to: Applied Behavior Analysis and Lovaas Therapy Recommended Web Sites: http://www.abainternational.org
Dolphin Therapy Swimming with Dolphins: A Healing Experience Lisa Tenzin-Dolma, Foreword by Robert Barnes/ Paperback/ Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc. Dolphins and Their Power to Heal Amanda Cochrane, Karena Callen/ Paperback/ Inner Traditions International, Limited/ September 1992 Recommended Web Sites:
Doman/Delacato Method No Time for Jello: One Family's Experience with the Doman-Delacato Patterning Program Berneen Bratt/Paperback/ Brookline Books Inc./ August 1991 The Neurologically-Impaired Child: Doman-Delacato Techniques Reappraised Robert A. Cummins/ Library Binding/ Routledge, Chapman & Hall, incorporated/ January 1988. Recommended Web Sites: http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/pediatrics;104/5/1149 http://www.autism-pdd.net/treaforme.html
Facilitated Communication A Passion to Believe: Autism and the Facilitated Communication Phenomenon Diane Twachtman-Cullen, Diane C. Twachtman/hardcover/Westview Press Communication Unbound: How Facilitated Communication Is Challenging Traditional Views of Autism and Ability-Disability., Douglas P. Bilken, Peter Knoblock (Editor)/Paperback/Teachers College Press, Teachers College, Columbia University. September 1995. Recommended Web Sites: http://www.autism-society.org
Inclusion Inclusion: A Guide for Educators Susan Bray Stainback/ Paperback/ Paul H. Brookes/ January 1996. The Exceptional Child: Inclusion in Early Childhood Education K. Eileen Allen, Ilene S. Schwartz/ Paperback/ Delmar Publishers/ January 1996 Recommended Web Sites: http://www.suite101.com/links.cfm/disability_advocacy
Immune System Therapy Immune Globulin: Proceedings of the Immune Globulin Workshop, Bethesda, MD., October 1982. S. //Karger#AG (Editor)/ Paperback/ S. Karger AG/ October 1985 Plasma increase of interlukin-12 and interferon-gamma: Pathological significance in autism. Singh, V. K., Journal of Neuroimmunology: vol. 66, 1996, PP 143-145. Recommended Web Sites: http://www.vacinfo.org
Lovaas Therapy Teaching Developmental Disabled Children: The ME book. Dr. O. Ivar Lovaas, pro-Ed 1981. Also refer to: Applied Behavior Analysis and Discrete Trial Therapy Recommended Web Sites: http://www.lovaas.com/
Medication Psychiatric Drugs: Hazards to the Brain Peter Roger Breggin/ Hardcover/ Springer Publishing Company, Inc./January 1983 Practical Drug Enforcement: Procedures and Administration Michael D. Lyman/ hardcover/ CRC Press, LLC/ January 1989 Recommended Web Sites: www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_treatment_biomedical
Melatonin Therapy Biological Rhythms, Mood Disorders, Light Therapy and the Pineal Gland Mohammad Shafii (Editor), Sharon Lee Shafii (Editor)/ Hardcover/ American Psychiatric Press, Incorporated/ April 2000 Melatonin in Psychiatric and Neoplastic Disorders, Vol. 55 Sharon Lee Shafii, Mohammad Shafii (Editor)/ Hardcover/American Psychiatric Press, Incorporated/ January 1998 Recommended Web Sites: http://www.autism.org/melatonin.html
Music Therapy Music therapy for the Autistic Child Juliette Alvin, Auriel Warwick/Paperback/ Oxford University Press, Incorporated/ April 1992 Music Lessons for Children with Special Needs T. M. Perry/ Paperback/ Taylor & Francis, Inc./ July 1995 Recommended Web Sites: http://www.autism.org/music.html http://jgmusictherapy.com
Neurofeedback Introduction to Quantitative EEG and Neurofeedback James R. Evans (Editor), Andrew Abarbanel (Editor)/ Hardcover/Academic Press, Incorporated/ June 1999 Mindfitness Training: Neurofeedback and the Process, Consciousness, Self-Renewal, and the Technology of Self-Knowledge Adam Crane/ Paperback/ iUniverse.com, Inc./ June 2000 Recommended Web Sites:
Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) PECS - the Picture Exchange Communication System Andrew S. Bondy, Lori Frost/ Hardcover/ Pyramid Educational Consultants, Incorporated/January 1996 Communication for the speechless (3^rd. Ed.) Boston: Allyn & Bacon. Recommended Web Sites: http://www.pecs.com/ http://www.pecs-uk.com/
Secretin Therapy Unlocking the Potential of SecretinWhat parents and physicians need to know about using Secretin in Autism, PDD, and related disorders. Victoria Beck. Secretin Treatments for Autism New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Adrian Sandler and Fred Volkmar. April 20, 2000. Vol. 346, No. 16 Recommended Web Sites:
Sensory Integration Therapy Sensory Integration and the Child Jean Ayres, Jeff Robbins/ Paperback/ Western Psychological Ser./January 1991 Sensory Integration: Theory and Practice, Anne G. Fisher (Editor), Anita C. Bundy (Editor), Elizabeth A> Murray (Editor), Foreword by Florence Clark/ hardcover Recommended Web Sites: http://www.sensoryint.com/index.htm http://www.sinetwork.org
Social Stories The New Social Story Book Carol Gray/Paperback/ Future Horizons, Incorporated/ June 1994 The Original Social Story Book Erica Broek (Editor), Leslie Moore (Editor), Joanna Gray (Editor), Christopher Fleck (Editor), Carol Gray (Editor), Sarah Lynn Cain (Editor), Maureen Dutkiewicz (Editor), Barret Gray (Editor), Sue Jonker (Ed/Paperback/Future Horizons, Incorporated/ May 1993. Recommended Web Sites: https://www.fhautism.com/index.htm
Squeeze Machine Emergence: Labeled Autistic Temple Grandin Arena Press, 1986 0446671827 Sensory Integra Quarterly 27: 1-5, 1990 The effects of hug machine usage on behavioral organization of children with autism and autistic-like characteristics. Imamura KN, Wiess T, Parham D: Recommended Web Sites: http://www.grandin.com/inc/intro-squeeze.html
Tomatis Method The Conscious Ear Alfred Tomatis, Station Hill Press The Ear and Language By Alfred A. Tomatis Recommended Web Sites: http://www.tomatis.com/English/Articles/autism.htm http://www.mozartcenter.com
Vision Therapy The Power behind Your Eyes: Improving Your Eyesight with Integrated Vision Therapy Robert Michael Kaplan/ Paperback/ Inner Traditions International, Limited/ June 1995 Optometric Management of Reading Dysfunction John R. Griffin, John R. Griffin, Garth N. Christenson, Michael D. Wesson, Graham B. Erickson/ Paperback/Butterworth-Heinemann/November 1996 Recommended Web Sites: http://www.eyecareamerica.org/eyecare/treatment/alternative-therapies/vision-therapies-learning-disabilities.cfm http://www.visiontherapy.org/index.html
Vitamin Therapy Vitamin B6 (and Magnesium) in the treatment of autism By Bernard Rimland, Ph.D. (Article available through the ARI) Vitamin B6 in Autism: the safety issue Bernard Rimland, Ph.D. (article available through ARI) Recommended Web Sites: http://www.autism.org/vitb6.html http://www.autism.com/treatable/index.htm#supplement

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