News tagged with behavioral challenges


Helping your child cope with a chronic medical condition

Chronic illness takes a significant toll on children, but the psychological toll can often go overlooked. Children with chronic illness are twice as likely to have more emotional or behavioral challenges in comparison to ...

Health created Mar 01, 2013 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Children with autism show increased positive social behaviors when animals are present

The presence of an animal can significantly increase positive social behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), according to research published February 20 in the open access journal PLOS ON ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Early treatment sparks striking brain changes in autism

When given early treatment, children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) made significant improvements in behavior, communication, and most strikingly, brain function, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a new ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Nov 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Autism Speaks provides strategies to help a child with autism shows difficult behaviors

Autism Speaks, the world's leading autism science and advocacy organization, today released An Introduction to Behavioral Health Treatments, Applied Behavior Analysis and Toilet Training parent's guides. These latest tool ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Jun 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0