1. Ken Pittman, MD Child Psychiatrist and Autism Specialist Agape Youth Behavioral Health Parkridge Valley Hospital

2.  Diseases and Disorders where there is no cure…  Vast Number of Treatments  Therapy Interventions  Medicinal Interventions  Nutritional / “Alternative” Interventions  Different Levels of Evidence  Established  Some-Limited Support  Theoretical or Not Studied  Negative Studies  Different Levels of Risk  None Known or Limited  Mild-Moderate  Significant

3.  Telling you which treatment is best for your INDIVIDUAL child  Discussing every potential treatment  Saying that no/negative evidence means it can’t work for anybody  Saying that established evidence means it works for everybody  Claiming to know every study out there

5.  Applied Behavioral Analysis  Early Intervention Services  TEACCH  Pivotal Response Therapy  Parent Mediated Intervention  Animal Assisted Therapy

6.  Risperdal  Abilify  Strattera

7.  Joint Attention Intervention  Social Skills Treatment  Neurofeedback  Music Therapy  DIR/Floortime/PLAY  Omega 3 Fatty Acids

9.  EDTA Chelation  Immmunoglobulins  Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

10.  Lamictal  Keppra  Secretin  Packing Therapy  SonRise Therapy  Acupuncture

11.  ECT  Stem Cell Transplant

13.  Other Atypical Antipsychotics  SSRI’s  Stimulants  Depakote  Aricept  Namenda  Oxytocin  Periactin (Cyproheptadine)  D-cycloserine  Melatonin  TTD Chelation  Vitamin C  Gluten/Caesin Free Diet

14.  Exercise Therapy  Craniosacral Therapy  Specific Elimination Diets  Probiotics

15.  Haldol  Zyprexa

16.  Topamax  THC

17.  Auditory Integration Training  Sensory Stimulation  Patterning  Dimethylglycine

18.  High Dose Pyridoxine(B6)/Magnesium