Editorial: Individualizing Interventions for Young Children With Autism: Embracing the Next Generation of Intervention Research

“If you have known one child with autism, you have known one child with autism.” Clinical heterogeneity is a defining feature of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This includes heterogeneity of implicated genes, etiological pathways, neurocognitive mechanisms, behavioral characteristics, comorbid conditions, and developmental trajectories. It is not surprising that children with ASD also vary greatly in their response to interventions. A better understanding of “which children benefit from which intervention” is critical to ensure that each child has access to the most effective interven tion, delivered at optimal intensity, and implemented within a context that is most conducive to learning/generalization (eg, home, preschool).
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research