Research summaries for autism therapy: self injury

definition of self injury: Behavior or action that results in harm to oneself. Examples of self-injurious behavior include biting, head banging, and cutting.
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A Review of Interventions to Reduce Challenging Behavior in School Settings for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Summarized Aug 27, 2008

Teachers seem to be able to limit problem behaviors at school by using many different interventions.

Children with autism may show aggression, self-injury and be unable to follow rules. This article reviewed the published studies on interventions for children with autism spectrum disorder in order to decrease problem behaviors at school. The study found 73% of the time the chosen intervention was said to have worked. The interventions worked whether or not the teacher matched the intervention to the child. Teachers seem to be very able to perform the intervention and to measure results for research studies. Read more...

Autism: Part II. Genetics, Diagnosis, and Treatment, Summarized May 27, 2008

Since autism is becoming more common, nurses need to know about the different therapies that are used.

This short paper reviews some of the basic therapies for autism so that nurses are more aware of the disease. It describes for nurses how both drug therapies and non-drug therapies are used. Some studies have shown that diets such as the gluten-free diet or casein-free diet can help children with autism. While there is no cure for autism, drug therapy is used to help with aggression, self-injury, and hyperactivity that may come with autism. Autism brings lifelong challenges and it is important to manage the behavior issues that can come with autism. Read more...

Classroom Intervention for Illness-Related Problem Behavior in Children with Developmental Disabilities, Summarized Mar 20, 2008

When children with disabilities are feeling ill, the use of medical treatments and behavior therapies together can help children behave better in the classroom.... The behavioral therapies reduced aggression, self-injury, whining, and yelling in the classroom.... Read more...

A Review of Behavioral Treatments for Self-Injurious Behaviors of Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Summarized Feb 22, 2008

Behavioral therapy such as applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy can be used to treat self-injury behavior and should be tried before drug therapy.

This article reviews the data on the use of behavioral therapy to treat self injury in people with autism. ABA therapy has been used for at least 40 years to treat self-injury. In some cases, the ABA therapy has used punishment and this has worked to stop the self-injury. Newer versions of ABA therapy use positive reinforcement (as opposed to punishment) to stop behavior. Also, the more recent studies include younger and younger children. Read more...

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Synonyms for self injury include: self injurious, self injurious behavior, self injurious behaviour, self injury, self-injurious, self-injurious behavior, self-injurious behaviour, self-injury
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