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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
Stronger Families Project

The Stronger Families Project is an intervention programme aimed at parents of children on the autism spectrum.

Structural Integration

Structural integration is another name for rolfing, a type of manipulation which is designed to align parts of the human body with each other.

Structured Teaching

Structured teaching is a set of techniques used within the TEACCH progrram.

STSSE

STSSE is an acronym for the Simultaneous Training and Social Skills Enhancement programme, a social skills group programme designed to enhance the social functioning of children on the autism spectrum. 

Succimer

Succimer is another name for DMSA, a synthetic chemical used as a chelating agent to remove heavy metals, such as mercury, from the body.

Sulfation

Sulfation is an alternative spelling for sulphation, which is the process of adding sulphate to the body.

Sulforaphane

Sulforaphane is a chemical found in certain kinds of vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower.

Sulfur

Sulfur is an alternative spelling for sulphur, a naturally occurring mineral that is found mostly near hot springs and volcanic craters and in some foodstuffs.

Sulphation

Sulphation is the process of adding sulphate to the body.

Sulphur

Sulphur is a naturally occurring mineral that is found mostly near hot springs and volcanic craters.

Summer Treatment Program

The Summer Treatment Program (STP) is a social skills group for children on the autism spectrum that meets during a summer camp run by the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Support Groups

Support groups are groups of individuals who provide a variety of help and other forms of support to each other.

Supported Employment

Supported employment (also known as supported competitive employment or the supported work model of competitive employment) is a service provided to disadvantaged adults looking to find and retain a job.

Supported Living

Supported living is a type of residential care that allows people to live independently in the community but with basic support.

Surfing

Surfing is a water sport and a type of physical therapy, in which individuals are encouraged or helped to ride ocean waves.

Swim with the Dolphins

Swim with the Dolphins is a form of dolphin assisted therapy in which people with disabilities are allowed to swim with, touch or 'look after' wild or captive dolphins.

SWTD

SWTD is an acronym for the 'Swim with the dolphins' programmes, a form of dolphin assisted therapy in which people with disabilities are allowed to swim with, touch or 'look after' wild or captive dolphins.

Symbolic Play Intervention

Symbolic play interventions are  designed to increase and improve symbolic play in children.  

Systemic Therapy

Systemic therapy is a generic term for any form of psychotherapy dealing with people in relationship to one another, the interactions of groups, and their patterns and dynamics.

Systemic Transition in Education Programme for Autism Spectrum Disorder

The Systemic Transition in Education Programme for Autism Spectrum Disorder (STEP-ASD) is an intervention designed to facilitate successful school transition for children on the autism spectrum via intervention on the child's educational environment.


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