Treating Asperger Syndrome

Treating Asperger Syndrome

Nicolette Tufaro

10/12/16

Asperger syndrome is diagnosed when a child or even an adult have trouble in their everyday lives. Such as at school, work, or life at home. This can be corrected when an individual seeks early intervention, such as improving their social abilities throughout their whole entire life.

        Asperger syndrome is a development disorder, which an individual is not capable to understand how to interact socially and who have trouble in nonverbal communications. Also each individual who has Asperger syndrome act differently. By differently they each show a different behavior. Some may feel comfortable having a relationship with an adult rather than a child. Some also may be very sensitive to loud noises and to odd smells. Children with Asperger syndrome also have a memory which the individual would never forget a thing once something is repeatedly said.    

        Asperger syndrome usually starts in an early stage of life. Symptoms of Asperger syndrome can be observed by a parent or a caregiver which whom look out for signs of Asperger syndrome, such as, when you are a talking to a child and you notice they cannot make eye contact with you, or if a child is asked a question and he or she does not know how to answer the question, they seem to be embarrassed or maybe even awkward. Another sign is when a child doesn’t know how to show emotion, whether it’s laughing at a joke, crying when upset, or smiling when happy.

        Kids with Asperger’s syndrome usually get diagnosis with between the ages three and five. It is best to treat children with Asperger’s syndrome right away. The earlier it is treated the better they will be in the future growing up. Depending on the child’s behavior, it initiates what kind of treatment is best for the child. These treatments include your child working one on one with a therapist, whom teaches them how to express themselves and how to socialize in a better way, this is called social skills training. Then there is speech therapy, this helps the child improve their communications skills and help them learn how to communicate and keep a conversation going between themselves and another person. They will also learn how to make eye contact and different hand motions. Another type of therapy that can be really helpful is cognitive behavioral therapy. This type of therapy helps them how to control their emotions and would help them to break away from having melt downs or outbursts. The last type of therapy that could help is parent education and training. Working with your child at home by learning the techniques your child has learned and working with him or her in your own home.