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Baylor Principal Investigator: Dr. Robin Goin-Kochel Study Title: Autism Treatment Network Location: Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital Inclusion: 1. Children between the ages of 3.0 –17.9; the subject will be expected to complete the protocol by his/her eighteenth birthday. 2. Parent/Caregiver fluent in written and spoken English/ English spoken in the home with the child at least 75% of the time (because most assessment questionnaires are validated in English only). (Additional inclusion criteria, such as having an ADI-R/ADOS confirmed ASD diagnosis, will be done at the ATN site.) Exclusion: 1. Blindness precluding valid testing. 2. Deafness precluding valid testing. 3. Ongoing or planned participation in another research protocol that would either prevent successful completion of planned study testing or invalidate the results of study testing.
Baylor
300 Subjects
Baylor
University of Iowa Principal Investigator: Dr. Karla McGregor Study Title: The Development of Word Meaning Location: University of Iowa Catchment area: Iowa or 100 miles of Iowa City Inclusion: chronological age = 8 to 13 years; verbal; high- functioning (not mentally retarded); normal hearing acuity Exclusion: none Sample size: 30
Iowa
Multi-Center Baby Sibs Study Principal Investigator: Dr. Joe Piven et al Study Title: Brain Development in Infants at High Risk for Autism Location: (Multi-center) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Washington University, University of Washington, Yale University Inclusion: under 12 months of age; at least one older sibling with a documented diagnosis of autism Exclusion: * Certain medical and genetic conditions * MRI contraindication * Non-English speaking
Baby Sibs (ACE Study, Joe Piven et al) N=160
Exploring the Treatment Data
Treatments
Top Twelve Treatments Nationwide 1.Speech and Language Therapy 2.Occupational Therapy 3.Applied behavior analysis (ABA) 4.Social Skills Group 5.Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) 6.Physical Therapy 7.Visual Schedules 8.Sensory Integration Therapy 9.Social Stories 10.Risperdal 11.Casein-free diet 12.Melatonin
InterventionImprovementExpected Improvement Expected Risk Expected Burden N Keppra Ritalin Feingold diet Homeopathy Melatonin Clonidine DTT Prayer Remeron
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P=0.5 MaleFemale
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