Glossary
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| Glossary Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Polychlorinated Biphenyls | Polychlorinated biphenyls (also known as PCBs) are synthetic organic chemical compounds of chlorine attached to biphenyl. |
| Pondimin | Pondimin is a brand name for fenfluramine hydrochloride, an indirect 5-HT receptor agonist that was used as an anoretic i.e. an appetite reduction drug. |
| Porphyrin | A porphyrin is an organic compound which helps form many important substances in the body, such as haemoglobin. |
| Portage | Portage is a home-visiting educational service for pre-school children with additional support needs and their families. |
| Portage Guide to Early Intervention | Portage Guide to Early Intervention is another term for portage, a home-visiting educational service for pre-school children with additional support needs and their families. |
| Positive Behavioural Support | Positive behavioural support is a process in which individuals are assisted in acquiring adaptive, socially meaningful behaviours and encouraged to overcome maladaptive behaviours. |
| Positive Cognitions | Positive cognitions is another term for positive thinking, which means approaching life's challenges with a positive outlook. |
| Positive Handling | Positive handling is a term used to describe the use of controlled physical intervention for the management of extremely challenging behaviour. |
| Positive Psychology Practice | Positive psychology practice focuses on how to help human beings prosper and lead healthy, happy lives. |
| PositiveThinking | Positive thinking means approaching life's challenges with a positive outlook. |
| Post Traumatic Stress Disorder | Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder caused by very stressful, frightening or distressing events. |
| Post-Secondary Education | Post-secondary education (also known as further and higher education) refers to any form of education that takes place after secondary school. |
| Power Card | Power card is a card which an individual carries to remind him or her how to deal with a difficult situation. |
| Pre-school Autism Communication Trial | The Pre-school Autism Communication Trial is a programme developed by the University of Manchester in the UK which is designed to enhance parent-child communication in autism and the social and language development of the child. |
| Prebiotics | Prebiotics are natural substances in some foods that are supposed to encourage the growth of healthy bacteria in the gut. |
| Prednisone | Prednisone is in a class of medications called corticosteroids, a type of steroid. |
| Prefrontal Cortex | The prefrontal cortex is the grey matter of the anterior part of the frontal lobe in the brain. |
| Pregnenolone | Pregnenolone is a naturally occurring steroid directly metabolized from cholesterol and the precursor of of virtually all neurosteroids. |
| Preschoolers with Autism programme | The Preschoolers with Autism programme is broadly based on multiple early intervention and cognitive behavioural techniques and has several purposes. |
| Prescriptive Teaching Model | The prescriptive teaching model is another term for discrete trial training, a highly-structured training technique that involves a trainer instructing an individual with autism using a series of learning opportunities or 'trials'. |
About This Glossary
This glossary is designed to explain some of the jargon and gobbledygook used by some people when they talk about autism or research..
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