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Alphabetic List of Interventions, Treatments and Therapies

This section contains an alphabetic list of interventions, and some specific techniques, designed to help autistic people.

You may be able to find more information, including links to other parts of this website, by clicking on the title of an intervention.


If you know of any other items we should include in this section, please email info@informationautism.org.

Please note that we reserve the right not to include an item if we feel that it is not appropriate.

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Glossary Item Description
High Probability Command Sequences

High probability command sequences involve instructing a child or adolescent to perform multiple tasks that they have successfully demonstrated or are likely to perform, before asking them to comply with a request that is more difficult or less likely to be completed 

Hippotherapy

Hippotherapy is an intervention in which the therapist places the client on the horse; directs the movement of the horse; analyses the rider's responses; and adjusts the treatment accordingly.

Holding Therapy

Holding therapy is a a form of attachment therapy, which consists of forced holding by a therapist or parent until the child stops resisting or until a fixed time period has elapsed.

Holding Time

Holding time is another term for holding therapy, an intervention which consists of forced holding by a therapist or parent until the child stops resisting or until a fixed time period has elapsed

Home-Based Behaviour Intervention

Home-based behaviour intervention is another name for early intensive behavioural intervention, a highly structured and intense intervention in which a child is taught a range of skills by a team of therapists.

Homeo-Biochemic Formulation Therapy

Homeo-biochemic formulation therapy is a homoeopathic remedy based on plant oils which are highly diluted and then added to biochemical salts.

Homeopathy

Homeopathy is a 'treatment' based on the use of highly diluted substances, which practitioners claim can cause the body to heal itself.

Hormonal Therapies

Hormonal therapies include a wide range of therapies which use hormones in one form or another.

Hormones

Hormones are your body's chemical messengers. They travel in your bloodstream to tissues or organs.

Horse Therapies

Horse therapies is another term for equine-assisted therapies which include hippotherapy (use of a horse to improve neurological function and sensory processing) and equine-assisted psychotherapy (use of a horse to improve mental health).

HOT

HOT is an acronym for hyperbaric oxygen therapy, which is the medical use of oxygen at a higher than atmospheric pressure.

Humanistic Approach

The humanistic approach is a form of psychotherapy which encourages the client think about their feelings, and take responsibility for their thoughts and actions.

Hydropathy

Hydropathy is another name for hydrotherapy, the use of water for soothing pains and treating diseases.

Hydrotherapy

Hydrotherapy is the use of water for soothing pains and treating diseases

Hyperbaric Medicine

Hyperbaric medicine is another term for hyperbaric therapy, which is the medical use of oxygen at a higher than atmospheric pressure.

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is another term for hyperbaric therapy, which increases atmospheric pressure to allow the body to incorporate more oxygen into the body.

Hyperbaric Therapy

Hyperbaric therapy is the medical use of oxygen at a higher than atmospheric pressure.

Hypericum Perforatum

Hypericum perforatum is another term for St. John's Wort, a plant used to treat a range of conditions including depression.

Hyperoxygenation

Hyperoxygenation is another term for hyperbaric therapy, which is the medical use of oxygen at a higher than atmospheric pressure.

Hypnotherapy

Hypnotherapy is the use of hypnosis to treat a variety of medical and psychological problems.


Disclaimer

The fact that an intervention or technique is listed here does not necessarily mean that we support its use. Nor does it mean that there is any scientifically valid or reliable evidence behind it.

You can find details of the interventions we have already ranked in Our Evaluations of Autism Interventions, Treatments and Therapies.

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Updated
16 Jun 2022