Alphabetic List of Interventions, Treatments and Therapies

Valproate sodium is another name for sodium valproate, a type of anticonvulsant designed to prevent or reduce the severity of seizures.

Valproic acid is another name for sodium valproate, a type of anticonvulsant drug designed to prevent or reduce the severity of seizures.

The Van Dijk Curricular Approach is an intervention based on joint encounters where two individuals experience events together so that the adult can better understand the child.

Vancomycin is a type of medication called a glycopeptide antibiotic.

Vasopressin is a hormone which plays an important role in increasing water re-absorption in the kidneys. It has also been implicated in social behaviours and in reducing anxiety.

Venlafaxine is a type of antidepressant drug, used to treat major depressive disorder, anxiety, and panic disorder.

The verbal behaviour approach, also called VBA, is derived from applied behaviour analysis and used within various interventions, such as EIBI.

Versene acid is another term for EDTA, a synthetic solution used as a chelating agent to remove heavy metals from the body.

Viadur is a brand name of leuprolide, a drug which turns off the production of testosterone.

Video interaction guidance is an intervention that uses video clips of interactions between people to help improve those interactions.

The Video Interaction to Promote Positive Parenting programme is an intervention in which the therapists work with parents using videofeedback to help them to understand and adapt to their infant's individual communication style to promote the best possible social and communicative development.

Video modelling is a method of teaching in which an individual learns a behaviour or a skill by watching a video recording of someone (the model) demonstrating that behaviour or skill.

Video prompting is a form of video modelling in which the participant is shown a video clip of one step of the task and then given the opportunity to complete that step before the next step is shown.

Vigabatrin is a medicine which is used in partial epilepsy, secondarily generalised partial epilepsy and West's syndrome.

Vinkeil 100 is another term for EDTA, a synthetic solution used as a chelating agent to remove heavy metals from the body.

VIPP is an acronym for the Video Interaction to Promote Positive Parenting programme, which is an intervention in which the therapists work with parents using videofeedback to help them to understand and adapt to their infant's individual communication style to promote the best possible social and communicative development.

Virtual communities is another name for online communities (such as listservs, chatrooms, forums and websites).

Virtual reality is a form of technology which allows a user to interact with a computer-simulated environment.

Vision therapy aims to normalise or improve visual abilities, such as focusing and tracking.

Visual integration training is an intervention designed to teach a person how to cope with his or her visual problems.