CASE-STUDY - DETERIORATION, AUTISM, AND RECOVERY IN 2 SIBLINGS

Authors
PERRY R COHEN I DECARLO R
Citation
R. Perry et al., CASE-STUDY - DETERIORATION, AUTISM, AND RECOVERY IN 2 SIBLINGS, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 34(2), 1995, pp. 232-237
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
08908567
Volume
34
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
232 - 237
Database
ISI
SICI code
0890-8567(1995)34:2<232:C-DAAR>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Two siblings whose functioning deteriorated in the second year of life met criteria for autism. They recovered after a form of behavior modi fication that was successful in a previous study. Follow-up of that st udy and of the siblings demonstrated that recovery was enduring. It is hypothesized that such therapy succeeds by modifying a still-plastic neural circuitry.