Early behavioral intervention, brain plasticity, and the prevention of autism spectrum disorder
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- 7 July 2008
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Development and Psychopathology
- Vol. 20 (3), 775-803
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954579408000370
Abstract
Advances in the fields of cognitive and affective developmental neuroscience, developmental psychopathology, neurobiology, genetics, and applied behavior analysis have contributed to a more optimistic outcome for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). These advances have led to new methods for early detection and more effective treatments. For the first time, prevention of ASD is plausible. Prevention will entail detecting infants at risk before the full syndrome is present and implementing treatments designed to alter the course of early behavioral and brain development. This article describes a developmental model of risk, risk processes, symptom emergence, and adaptation in ASD that offers a framework for understanding early brain plasticity in ASD and its role in prevention of the disorder.Keywords
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