I am always looking for new treatments for children with autism and this one interests me because it is used with such young children. Research points to the success of early intervention plans in helping children with autism and this treatment is used with infants, which means it is targeting children 3-4 years earlier than current early intervention programs.
The premise behind the treatment is that if an infant is showing some of the early risk markers for autism such as "lack of attention to a parent, reduced social interest or engagement, and decreased eye contact" it may be beneficial for them to start the video feedback therapy. It entails taking video of parents engaging with their child and then watching the videos and getting feedback about the interactions. Parents can then tailor their interactions with there child in a way that helps the child decrease the maladaptive social behaviors.
The most interesting piece of this is that these types of interventions, when used on older children, help improve the parent and child interactions but don't do much in terms of improving the overal social skills of the child. Whereas, when done in infants, it appears to actually decrease some of the risk markers for autism in those infants.
Video-based therapy might benefit babies at risk of autism
The premise behind the treatment is that if an infant is showing some of the early risk markers for autism such as "lack of attention to a parent, reduced social interest or engagement, and decreased eye contact" it may be beneficial for them to start the video feedback therapy. It entails taking video of parents engaging with their child and then watching the videos and getting feedback about the interactions. Parents can then tailor their interactions with there child in a way that helps the child decrease the maladaptive social behaviors.
The most interesting piece of this is that these types of interventions, when used on older children, help improve the parent and child interactions but don't do much in terms of improving the overal social skills of the child. Whereas, when done in infants, it appears to actually decrease some of the risk markers for autism in those infants.
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