What do you do during a Psychologist Therapy Session? During these sessions, patients and caretakers would either meet the doctor, for an Autism Disorder Observation Session. To get a proper and formal diagnoses for future schooling and financial assistance, with the government or other affiliated associations. Another possible session a doctor would have with their […]
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Patient Journey – Identifying Autism What is Autism? Autism, or clinically referred to as “Autism Spectrum Disorder” (ASD), is a lifelong neurodevelopmental disorder that affects the way a person communicates and relates to people around them. Children with autism have a spectrum of impairments in social interaction, communication and imagination. They are also likely to
Workshops Next Step Workshop Is an introduction to what a child and parent would be expecting when they apply for the Early Intervention Programme for Infants and Children. Such as the step with the application, acceptance and support caretakers and children would receive with EIPIC. Here, children would spend about 3 to 4 hours of
What is Speech Language Therapy? Speech Language Therapy involves the management and treatment of various conditions affecting a person’s ability to speak, communicate, eat and drink. Our Speech Language Therapists assess, diagnose, treat and help infants, children and adolescents with disorders or difficulties related to speaking, understanding, using language effectively, feeding and swallowing. We use
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What is Occupational Therapy? Occupational Therapy uses meaningful activities to help people from all ages prevent, reduce or overcome effects of disabilities. Our occupational therapists aim to develop, enhance and maintain a person’s capacity to perform the tasks and roles essential to productive living, including self-care, daily living, leisure/play, work/education and social participation. We aim
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What is Educational Therapy? To aid children with learning disabilities or need learning assistance, with the alphabet, literacy, letter sounds, writing and phonics. Mainly for children just before they go to mainstream primary school, therefore around the ages of 5 to 6. During this phrase, they would start learning how to string complicated sentence structure
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If you are a self-visit, due to possible autism symptoms Then Doctors would observe your child during the few minutes they have with you, before referring them to a specialist. After where children will get a specialize doctor to diagnose and observe their child if they shown the common symptoms of Autism or anything else
Introductions to DCD’s patient journey in video form. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHOmBV4js_E Journey Route Identifying Symptoms Let’s figure out if your child shows these symptoms? Doctors Visit First time visiting a specialist? Well, here is what you would expect from your visit. Psychologist Visit What do you expect when you visit the Psychologist? Speech Language Therapy First time
What is ADOS? The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) is the current gold standard for a behavioural observational assessment of individuals suspected of having ASD.During the ADOS, the psychologist will use a standard set of activities to assess your child’s social communication and interaction behaviours, play and use of materials. The set of activities used
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We need to understand the different types of Special Needs, a child might experience, in their toddler years. ADHD Autism (Autism Spectrum Disorder) Learning disabilities ADHD Also known as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Within this category, there are 2 different signs For symptoms with inattention, nine associated behaviours are described: Neglecting to pay attention to details
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