Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, research shows that 6 months is a great age for intervention, with fantastic results. The problem is many specialists out there aren't trained to work with infants.
"Treatment at the earliest age when signs of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) appear – sometimes in infants as young as 6 months old – significantly reduces symptoms so that, by age 3, most who received the therapy had neither ASD nor developmental delay, a UC Davis MIND Institute research study has found."
https://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/publish/news/newsroom/9182

I was trained in a setting similar to this study. It's about incorporating naturalistic therapy techniques that subtly change your parenting approach to encourage communication from your child.

I don't see anything particularly worrisome in your description of your son. On the other hand, this is not the first rodeo, so trust your instincts, but think logically. Are there any risk factors? ASD in the family, or autistic traits? Delays in meting milestones?

Hi PP, this is OP. Can you please tell me more about these techniques you are trained in and give examples? If nothing else, it will help me assuage my anxiety by feeling like I'm doing something proactive, even if my concerns are unfounded. As for risk factors, my brother's son has ADHD and Asperger's tendencies. Thank you for your kind and insightful response.

Anonymous wrote:OP, research shows that 6 months is a great age for intervention, with fantastic results. The problem is many specialists out there aren't trained to work with infants.
"Treatment at the earliest age when signs of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) appear – sometimes in infants as young as 6 months old – significantly reduces symptoms so that, by age 3, most who received the therapy had neither ASD nor developmental delay, a UC Davis MIND Institute research study has found."
https://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/publish/news/newsroom/9182

I was trained in a setting similar to this study. It's about incorporating naturalistic therapy techniques that subtly change your parenting approach to encourage communication from your child.

I don't see anything particularly worrisome in your description of your son. On the other hand, this is not the first rodeo, so trust your instincts, but think logically. Are there any risk factors? ASD in the family, or autistic traits? Delays in meting milestones?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, research shows that 6 months is a great age for intervention, with fantastic results. The problem is many specialists out there aren't trained to work with infants.
"Treatment at the earliest age when signs of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) appear – sometimes in infants as young as 6 months old – significantly reduces symptoms so that, by age 3, most who received the therapy had neither ASD nor developmental delay, a UC Davis MIND Institute research study has found."
https://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/publish/news/newsroom/9182

I was trained in a setting similar to this study. It's about incorporating naturalistic therapy techniques that subtly change your parenting approach to encourage communication from your child.

I don't see anything particularly worrisome in your description of your son. On the other hand, this is not the first rodeo, so trust your instincts, but think logically. Are there any risk factors? ASD in the family, or autistic traits? Delays in meting milestones?

Huh. What I'm gathering from this is that the reason these kids "grew out" of their "ASD" by 3 or so is because they didn't have it in the first place. If you give treatment to babies at 6 months of age, when most doctors think it's too early to diagnose, no wonder the treatment works! Hey, I know! Let's give them cancer treatment at 6 months, then see how many of them don't have cancer at 3 yo?

Right. Because speech therapy and floortime are just as toxic as chemo and surgery.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, research shows that 6 months is a great age for intervention, with fantastic results. The problem is many specialists out there aren't trained to work with infants.
"Treatment at the earliest age when signs of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) appear – sometimes in infants as young as 6 months old – significantly reduces symptoms so that, by age 3, most who received the therapy had neither ASD nor developmental delay, a UC Davis MIND Institute research study has found."
https://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/publish/news/newsroom/9182

I was trained in a setting similar to this study. It's about incorporating naturalistic therapy techniques that subtly change your parenting approach to encourage communication from your child.

I don't see anything particularly worrisome in your description of your son. On the other hand, this is not the first rodeo, so trust your instincts, but think logically. Are there any risk factors? ASD in the family, or autistic traits? Delays in meting milestones?

Huh. What I'm gathering from this is that the reason these kids "grew out" of their "ASD" by 3 or so is because they didn't have it in the first place. If you give treatment to babies at 6 months of age, when most doctors think it's too early to diagnose, no wonder the treatment works! Hey, I know! Let's give them cancer treatment at 6 months, then see how many of them don't have cancer at 3 yo?

Anonymous wrote:I think the term "that mom" should be banished. Frankly I think that is what people take offense to - you're basically saying you're being overly neurotic but you care more about indulging your neuroses than presenting your concerns in a sensitive way to those with spectrum kids. I know your intent is the opposite and you later apologized but I thought it could be useful to you to know that your intention to be upfront about this, when delivered in such a flippant way ("that mom") is what is causing people to read your post with their hackles up.

Anonymous wrote:I think the term "that mom" should be banished. Frankly I think that is what people take offense to - you're basically saying you're being overly neurotic but you care more about indulging your neuroses than presenting your concerns in a sensitive way to those with spectrum kids. I know your intent is the opposite and you later apologized but I thought it could be useful to you to know that your intention to be upfront about this, when delivered in such a flippant way ("that mom") is what is causing people to read your post with their hackles up.

Anonymous wrote:That study is very interesting... it's sad that it was published in 2014 and probably still so few families are benefiting from treatment at that early of an age. I don't think I have heard one person on these boards say that they were seen at 6 months of age with a child displaying lack of eye contact... maybe language delay (?) but not the milder ASD symptoms.

What's happening in reality is that parents with concerns like OP (and myself starting at about 1 year) are being told not to worry. Sure, OP can get on a wait list to see a dev ped... but that will take 3 months-ish... only to be dismissed as inconclusive as the most likely outcome.

There just has to be a better way. Regular pediatricians are not catching mild ASDs early enough, IMO. I even told my regular ped that there were 2 family members with confirmed ASDs. He told me that the connection was "too distant," the connection needed to be a sibling or parent. :/

Anonymous wrote:OP, research shows that 6 months is a great age for intervention, with fantastic results. The problem is many specialists out there aren't trained to work with infants.
"Treatment at the earliest age when signs of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) appear – sometimes in infants as young as 6 months old – significantly reduces symptoms so that, by age 3, most who received the therapy had neither ASD nor developmental delay, a UC Davis MIND Institute research study has found."
https://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/publish/news/newsroom/9182

I was trained in a setting similar to this study. It's about incorporating naturalistic therapy techniques that subtly change your parenting approach to encourage communication from your child.

I don't see anything particularly worrisome in your description of your son. On the other hand, this is not the first rodeo, so trust your instincts, but think logically. Are there any risk factors? ASD in the family, or autistic traits? Delays in meting milestones?