Psychiatric News (9/20) reports, “A program that teaches parents how to engage with babies identified to be at high risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may reduce the likelihood of the children’s developing the disorder,” investigators concluded in a study that tested the “iBASIS–Video Interaction to Promote Positive Parenting” intervention among “103 families of babies aged nine to 15 months old showing behaviors associated with ASD, as measured by the Social Attention and Communication Surveillance–Revised…12-month checklist.” The findings were published online Sept. 20 in JAMA Pediatrics.
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