Publication Date
9-1983
Advisor(s) - Committee Chair
Harry Robe, Betsy Howton, Clinton Layne
Degree Program
Department of Psychology
Degree Type
Master of Arts
Abstract
The present research is a comprehensive look at the causes and treatment of autism. To date the research has not found the etiology of autism, even though many areas have been examined. The areas looked at are psychogenic, biochemical and neurobiological. Some of these areas seem promising and may in the future shed more light on why these persons present this particular cluster of problem behaviors.
Approaches to the treatment of autism have not yielded an all encompassing cure for autism. Therefore, the symptoms of autism were presented along with the current treatments that are most successful in dealing with those symptoms. Facilities that work with these people were visited and the approaches they use were presented.
Disciplines
Child Psychology | Psychology | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Recommended Citation
Considine, Margaret, "An Eclectic Approach to the Identification and Treatment of the Cluster of Disorders Known as Infantile Autism" (1983). Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 1904.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1904