Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Family-driven goals may benefit children with ASD


A study in Pediatrics showed that youths with autism spectrum disorder whose families were involved in treatment goals had better improved constipation and insomnia symptoms, compared with those who used clinician-set prescriptive treatment goals. "We encourage all providers seeing children with autism to ask about sleep concerns and constipation concerns at every visit and then engaging families in a conversation about a small change that can be tested to assess improvement," said researcher Dr. Kristin Sohl.   Healio (free registration)/Infectious Diseases in Children

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