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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Self Injurious Behavior in Autism: Clinical Aspects and Treatment with Risperidone, Summarized Oct 24, 2006

Risperidone is able to decrease self-injurious behavior in children with autism.

Self-injurious behavior is a special type of repetitive behavior that can be found in children with autism. In this study, self-injurious behavior included head-hitting and hand-biting. Most of the children showed anxiety, anger, and frustration, all of which were associated with self-injurious behavior. Risperdone is traditionally used to treat epilepsy, although recently it has been prescribed to children with autism. This study of the effects of risperdone on children with autism included only eleven children and was open-label, meaning that the children, parents, and researchers all knew that they were receiving the medication. Read more...

Problem Behavior Interventions for Young Children with Autism: A Research Synthesis, Summarized Oct 21, 2006

This article describes in detail how the applied behavior analysis (ABA) approach can be used to decrease problem behaviors in young children with autism. The authors focus on using the ABA approach to reduce inappropriate behaviors, for example, hitting, tantrums, finger-chewing, self-injury, and aggression. The ABA approach has been shown to reduce these behaviors by about 90% or more, regardless of the type of autism diagnosed. In addition, the reduction in problem behaviors is larger when familiar people (for example, teachers and parents) are responsible for ABA treatment versus when hospital staff or specialists are involved.... 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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