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 |
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Modular Treatment Programmes | Modular treatment programmes are interventions based around the use of several different modules or components. |
Monarch Program | The Monarch Program is an intervention run by the Emory Autism Resource Center in Georgia, US for or school-age students with autism. |
Montessori Education | Montessori education is based upon the idea that children learn directly from their environment and relatively little from listening to a teacher talking to a class. |
Mood Stabilisers | Mood stabilisers are a class of drugs used to treat mood disorders such as bipolar disorder and severe depression. |
More than Words Program | The More than Words program is a family-focused programme that aims to give parents of children with autism and related social communication difficulties, practical tools to help their children communicate |
Motor-Sensory Intervention | Motor interventions refer to any treatments and therapies which make use of, or which aim to improve, motor functioning. Sensory interventions refer to any treatments and therapies which make use of, or which aim to improve sensitivity to, one or more of the senses. |
Movement Therapies | Movement therapies are a broad range of Eastern and Western movement-based approaches used to promote physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. |
MSE | MSE is an acronym for multi-sensory environment, an artificially-created area, such as a room or a pool, which contains equipment and materials designed to stimulate the senses. |
MST | MST is an acronym for multisystemic therapy, a comprehensive family-and community-based treatment approach. |
Multi-Sensory Environment | A multi-sensory environment is an artificially-created area, such as a room or a pool, which contains equipment and materials designed to stimulate the senses. |
Multi-Vitamin Supplement | Multivitamin/mineral supplements (also known as MVM supplements, multis and multiples or simply vitamins) contain a combination of vitamins and minerals, and sometimes other ingredients as well. |
Multimodal Anxiety and Social Skills Intervention | Multimodal Anxiety and Social Skills Intervention (MASSI) is based on the principles of CBT, addressing an individual's thoughts, feelings, and actions, as well as the interactions among these three domains, to bring about desired changes. |
Multiple Exemplar Training | Multiple exemplar training means using multiple examples when training (or teaching) someone. |
Multiples | Multiples is another term for multi-vitamin supplements, dietary supplements which contain a wide range of different minerals and other nutrients. |
Multisystemic Therapy | Multisystemic therapy is a comprehensive family- and community-based treatment approach. |
Music Therapy | Music therapy uses singing, live music making and/or composition techniques to encourage people to engage in spontaneous and creative musical activities. |
MVMs | MVMs is another term for multi-vitamin supplements, dietary supplements which contain a wide range of different minerals and other nutrients. |
Myocalm | Myocalm is a brand name for piracetam, a drug sometimes taken as a dietary supplement. |
Myocrysine | Myocrysine is a brand name for gold sodium thiomalate, a form of gold salts used to treat inflammatory conditions such as arthritis. |
Myrac | Myrac is a brand name of minocycline, a type of tetracycline antibiotic drug used to treat bacterial infections. |
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.