Alphabetic List of Interventions, Treatments and Therapies

SIBIS is an acronym for self-injurious behaviour inhibiting system, a device designed to provide a brief electrical stimulation when it detects a blow to the head.

Siccacell therapy is another term for stem cell therapy, which includes a variety of procedures in which processed tissue from animal embryos, foetuses or organs, is injected or swallowed.

Sight-based interventions are any treatments and therapies which use sight as an intervention technique or which are designed to help someone improve their sight and visual processing skills.

Sign languages use hand shape, position, and movement; body movements; gestures; facial expressions; and other visual cues to form words.

Sign supported English is a sign language which takes the signs from another British sign language and uses them in the order that the words would be spoken in spoken English.

Simulation training refers to any kind of training which involves imitating a real-life process in order to provide a lifelike experience.

Simultaneous communication is another term for total communication.

Sleeping pills is another term for anxiolytics, a class of drugs used to treat feelings of anxiety or nervousness caused by stress or psychological problems. They are also used for sleeplessness and other problems.

The Social ABCs is a combined, multi-component, parent-mediated intervention for toddlers with confirmed or suspected autism.

Social Adjustment Enhancement Intervention is a type of social skills training group.

The Social Cognition and Interaction Training-Autism programme is a version of the Social Cognition and Interaction Training  programme that has been adapted for use by people on the autism spectrum.

The Social Cognition Training Program is a group-based intervention designed to improve social cognition and social functioning among people with disabilities.

A social communication intervention is any intervention designed to improve the social communication skills of people on the autism spectrum.

The Social Competence Intervention uses cognitive behavioural principles with a social skills group to improve theory of mind, emotion recognition and executive functioning in individuals with autism.

The Social Competence Intervention for Parents (SCI-P), a parent education program developed as a supplement to the Social Competence Intervention for Adolescents (SCI-A) with autism.

The Social Competence Intervention Program is a programme developed from creative drama activities

The Social Effectiveness Therapy for Children and Adolescents is a behavioural therapy programme is designed to help children and adolescents decrease their social anxiety, increase their interpersonal skills, and expand their range of enjoyable social activities.

Social Emotional NeuroScience Endocrinology Theatre, more usually known as SENSE Theatre, is a theatre-based intervention which aims to improve social interaction in young people on the autism spectrum.

Social stories are a type of prompt or script used to help individuals on the autism spectrum understand and behave appropriately in certain situations.

Social support refers to the various types of support (assistance or help) that people receive from others.