Asperger’s Treatment
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008What is the best treatment for Asperger Syndrome? Here are a couple of approaches you may have heard about: Some espouse Applied Behavior Analysis, a behavioral approach to teaching young children that involves breaking down tasks into their smallest pieces and using rewards to promote appropriate behavior. Another treatment approach for Asperger’s is modifying the diet. The gluten free casein free diet has been touted as a means of helping children with Asperger Syndrome. It involves eliminating dairy and wheat from the diet, plus some other foods. Corn may also need to be eliminated. Here are a couple of websites that deal with both of these topics:
ABA: http://rsaffran.tripod.com/aba.html
Diet: http://www.gfcfdiet.com/