Matteo is now 5 years and 2 months old. When Matteo was 7 months old, his mother felt that he was a little different. Mom reported that Matteo has exhibited a variety of behavioural problems while growing up. Currently, mom’s major concerns are Matteo‘s inability to wait, sit down, sustain attention and remain focused in class. Seeing the huge developmental gap in language and social skills between Matteo and his peers made mom even more worried about Matteo’s future.
Parent Sharing – The concerns of their child
Difficulties in Attention Sustaining and Language
Program#1 – Attention
Program#2 – Expressing & Describing
Matteo’s Parents Sharing – Improvement in Matteo’s response, attention and language skills
Matteo’s parent was invited to present her perspective as an educational opportunity for addressing the awareness of ASD and importance of early-intervention. Matteo is a past client of Autism Partnership Hong Kong.
Since 1994, Autism Partnership has been dedicated to helping children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) reach their fullest potential through high-quality, individualized autism treatment. Founded by clinicians trained under the groundbreaking UCLA Young Autism Project, Autism Partnership was built on decades of clinical experience, research, and a deep belief that children with autism can make […]
When parents begin searching for autism treatment, they often come across the term ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis). But many families may not know where ABA therapy began — or why the origins of a treatment approach still matter today. The modern foundation of evidence-based ABA therapy can be traced back to the UCLA Young Autism […]
In the DSM-V, the diagnostic criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) describes four behavior symptoms. One of those symptoms is “Stereotyped or repetitive motor movements, use of objects, or speech (e.g., simple motor stereotypies, lining up toys or flipping objects, echolalia, idiosyncratic phrases).” Even though demonstrating these repetitive behaviors is not a requirement for diagnosis, […]
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