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[quote=Anonymous]I've taught a couple kids with this diagnosis.

They both underwent medical treatment with massive doses of steroids, which unfortunately had lots of side effects, and in one case anticonvulsants.  Both kids also benefited from intensive speech therapy, and special education.  One child also did ABA.

From my completely non-medical perspective, there wasn't an observable improvement from the steroid burst.  I can't really comment on the anticonvulsants because the child was on them before, during and after being in my class so I have nothing to compare with.  Both kids seemed to learn and benefit a lot from specialized instruction, speech therapy, and ABA, but I'd say that growth was similar to what you'd see with a child with another disability to impacted communication, such as MERLD, autism, or aphasia.  That is, they learned and grew and benefited, but they weren't "cured".  The improvement was incremental and came through hard work on the part of the child, and the adults working with the child including the parents.  [/quote]

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