Alphabetic List of Interventions, Treatments and Therapies

Colostrum is a liquid secreted by the mammary glands which is sometimes used as a nutritional supplement.

Colour therapy is designed to use colour and light to balance energy in the patient's body.

Coloured filters are lenses or plastic overlays designed to help an individual with visual stress and some other visual problems to see and/or read better.

A coloured lens is a normal, non-refractive lens, which has been tinted and placed in a pair of spectacles so that the person wearing the spectacles can see more clearly.

A coloured overlay is a piece of coloured, transparent plastic which is placed over a piece of text in order to make it easier to read.

Colourology is an alternative name for colour therapy, an intervention which uses colour and light to balance energy in the patient's body.

Combined, multiple sensory interventions use several sensory techniques at the same time.

A comic strip is a conversation between two or more people using simple illustrations in a comic strip format.

A communication board is a board which shows words, photos and/or symbols.

A communication book which shows words, photos and/or symbols. Non-verbal or pre-verbal individuals can point to relevant items with their finger or their eyes to indicate what they mean.

The Communication DEALL (Developmental Eclectic Approach to Language Learning) is an early intervention programme for children with developmental language disorders.

Communication interventions are a very wide group of interventions and include any interventions which are specifically designed to increase or improve the communication skills of individuals with autism.

Complementary and Alternative Medicine is a very large group of interventions which are used alongside or instead of traditional medical treatments and therapies.

Compliance training 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.

Comprehensive Application of Behavior Analysis to Schooling is a behavioural intervention based on the principles of Applied Behaviour Analysis.

Comprehensive treatment models (CTMs) consist of a set of practices organised around a conceptual framework and designed to achieve a broad learning or developmental impact on the core features of autism.

Computer-based interventions are a large and diverse group of interventions based around the use of computers.

Concerta is a brand name for methylphenidate, a type of stimulant medication, used to treat inattention and hyperactivity.

Conductive education is a system of education for children and adults with physical and multiple disabilities originating from damage to the central nervous system.

Conjoint behavioural consultation is a partnership model of service delivery in which parents, educators, and service providers work collaboratively to meet a child's developmental needs.