| The first autism treatment procedure known to most | | | | also includes a reward for good behavior. |
| medical practitioners is the Ivar Lovaas behavioral | | | | The reward in this case is a task that the child likes |
| modification system. Lovaas was an American | | | | more than others. The TEACCH system does have a |
| psychologist who broke new grounds with this | | | | merit over the Lovaas technique which makes it |
| treatment technique that used immediate rewards to | | | | preferred by parents: the absence of the electric |
| compensate an autistic child, and instant punishments | | | | shock. |
| to shape the child's behavior. | | | | Autism treatment by the Floortime system uses |
| The education of children with autism using this | | | | frequent play sessions with the parent of the patient to |
| procedure does have a controversial aspect of this | | | | build a relationship with the child while also teaching |
| approach: this is the use of an electric shock to | | | | them other important things. This course of autistic |
| discourage the patient from self-destructive behavior in | | | | disorder management connects therapy goals with |
| extreme cases. Understandably, not a lot of parents | | | | activities that the patient finds very exciting or fun so |
| like that. | | | | that they can gain significant skills while also developing |
| Various mental challenges have found help using the | | | | a deeper relationship with their parents. |
| "The Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related | | | | Naturally, there are various methods used in the |
| Communication-Handicapped Children" (TEACCH) | | | | education of children with autism and various mental |
| system for treating patients. This is a procedure that | | | | challenges, but it is not clear whether any one |
| uses a picture schedule related to tasks that are | | | | approach is better than another. The choice is yours... |
| limited by time to gradually build on the skills of the | | | | with guidance from the child's psychiatrist. |
| patient. This is similar to the above technique in that it | | | | |