Are medications effective in helping children with autism spectrum disorder? For what symptoms (if any) are medications useful?

What will be an ideal response?


Abilify and Risperdal (antipsychotics) are approved for use in children with ASD to reduce their challenging behaviors and make it more likely that they can benefit from treatment. Sometimes sleep aids are also prescribed. But medications are not effective at reducing any of the core symptoms of ASD.

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a. practicing within the boundaries of his competence b. practicing outside the boundaries of his competence c. practicing appropriate to his competence d. practicing within the boundaries of his experience

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Health maintenance organizations are the most common form of managed care systems

a. True b. False

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In Subtractive empathy, the counselor responses a. add a link to something the client has said earlier. b. slightly add something to what the client has said. c. gives back less than what the client has said

d. interchangeable with client experience.

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Relying on metal detectors in schools to prevent weapons from entering the building provides:

A. false security. B. a security for staff and students. C. a way of greeting entering students to make them feel safe. D. a method of keeping all weapons out of the schools.

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