Asperger's Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorders

Do you have a child with Asperger's Syndrome
or an Autism Spectrum Disorder? Or perhaps
you think your child should be tested.

If your child fits the characteristics below, you will want to consider professional
testing, evaluation and treatment.
- Often ignores details; makes careless errors
- Marked impairment of nonverbal behaviors (eye-to-eye gaze, facial expression)
- Failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental level
- Lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests, or achievements
- Lack of social or emotional relationship
- Preoccupation with one or more stereotyped, restricted patterns of interest
- Patterns of interest that are abnormal in intensity or focus
- Apparently inflexible adherence to specific, nonfunctional routines or rituals
- Persistent preoccupation with parts of objects
- Significant impairment in social, occupational, or other areas of functioning
- No significant delay in language (single words by 2 yrs, phrases by 3 yrs)
- No significant delay in cognitive development
- No significant delay in development of age-appropriate self-help skills
- No significant delay in development of curiosity about the environment

PLEASE NOTE: Many children may at times display some of the behaviors listed above, only a professional can diagnose a child with Asperger's Syndrome or an Autism Spectrum disorder.

WHAT CAN KLINE & ASSOCIATES DO TO HELP?
We are now offering exciting new programs based on a combination of traditional one-on-one therapy and recent advances in Cognitive Skill Building. We will also help your child apply newly developed skills to daily life through our Real Life Assimilation training with one of our therapists or, if needed, with our Certified Rehabilitation Counselor.

These programs and therapies can help you meet your child's needs with treatment options that have a successful track record and can also be fun and rewarding for your child. We have found that most children want to improve their skills and are highly motivated to complete the programs.

Our programs include:
- Professional testing, evaluation and diagnosis
- One-on-one therapy and education for child and/or parents and caregivers
- Individualized Cognitive Skill Building utilizing the latest methods in programmed learning and computer technology
- Real Life Assimilation training

Cognitive Skill Building within our treatment programs is shown to develop these specific areas:
- Personal interaction
- Focus and concentration
- Impulse control
- Planning/problem solving
- Memory
- Self-starting and self-monitoring
- General academics
- Abstract reasoning
- Judgment
- Language (also effective with pre-verbal or non-verbal children)