Autism | Ummeed Child Development Center

Autism intervention is focused on working with children and families to address challenges posed due to many people not understanding or misunderstanding autistic children.

Assessment Focus

Children with autism generally experience difficulties with:

Attention
Imitation
Receptive and expressive communication
Social interaction
Play
Unusual sensory responses
Behavioral control

The assessment examines how these factors impact a child’s communication, social interaction, play skills and behaviors.

Assessment

The therapist establishes the child’s specific challenges and relative areas of strength through:

Play-based observations
Observations of patterns of interaction between child and his or her environment

Outcome

The therapist:

Establishes the child’s specific challenges and relative areas of strength
Works with the family to create a tailored plan, known as the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)

Therapy Details

Ummeed has a unique team of professionals devoted to providing services for children who are on the Autism Spectrum (including Autistic Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder/ PDD-NOS/Asperger’s Syndrome).

Features of autism intervention include:

Using different strategies

Use of different strategies based on child’s needs, including Principles of child development & behaviour, Floortime, etc.