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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
Conjugate Prisms

Conjugate prisms, another term for ambient prism lenses, are used to help improve ambient vision, the visual system related to spatial organisation.

Connect Therapy

Connect therapy is an Australian derivative of the Son-Rise program.

Conventional Antipsychotics

Conventional antipsychotics is another term for typical antipsychotics, a term used to describe the older antipsychotics, such as haloperidol.

Conventional Medicine

Conventional medicine is medicine as practiced by doctors and by allied health professionals (such as nurses, occupational therapists etc.) in Western countries.

Cool Kids ASD Program

The Cool Kids ASD Program is a cognitive behavioural therapy program designred to teach children on the autism spectrum and their parents skills that address anxiety disorders.

Coping Cat Program

The Coping Cat program is a multi-component programme based around cognitive behavioural therapy for children between the ages of 8 and 13.

Coping Strategies

Coping strategies refer to the specific efforts, both behavioral and psychological, that people employ to master, tolerate, reduce, or minimize stressful events.

Counselling

Counselling is a talking treatment which allows individuals to talk about their problems

Couple Therapy

Couple therapy is another term for family therapy, a branch of psychotherapy that works with families and couples in intimate relationships to nurture change and development.

Cranial Osteopathy

Cranial osteopathy is another name for craniosacral therapy, an intervention which uses very light touching to balance the craniosacral system in the body.

Craniosacral Manipulation

Craniosacral manipulation is another term for craniosacral therapy, an intervention which uses very light touching to balance the craniosacral system in the body.

Craniosacral Therapy

Craniosacral therapy is an intervention which uses very light touching to balance the craniosacral system in the body.

Creative / Expressive

Creative and expressive therapies are any interventions in which a therapist uses a creative or expressive art form to help a client.

Creative Movement Play

Creative movement play is a type of dance movement therapy that explores body movement elements, such as the shape, speed, strength, and rhythms of a child in a playful way.

Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes

Creative writing for therapeutic purposes is another term for therapeutic writing, a form of creative / expressive psychotherapy in which someone expresses their feelings through writing.

CTMs

CTMs is an acronym for comprehensive treatment models, which 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.

Cuddle Time

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

Cybertherapy

Cybertherapy is an intervention in which the participant gains access to part of cyberspace, usually websites or online communities, in order to help solve his or her problems.

Cycloserine

Cycloserine is an antibiotic.

Cyproheptadine

Cyproheptadine is an antihistamine drug which is also an antiserotonergic agent and a 5-HT2 receptor antagonist.


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