{"id":70,"date":"2007-11-27T23:48:36","date_gmt":"2007-11-28T05:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mommyspeechtherapy.com\/?p=70"},"modified":"2016-10-17T14:56:58","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T20:56:58","slug":"screening-for-autism-by-age-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mommyspeechtherapy.com\/?p=70","title":{"rendered":"Screening For Autism By Age 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a Speech-Language Pathologist having worked with children with different severities of autism, it caught my attention just how much the news\/media has talked about it in recent weeks. From Dateline MSNBC<\/a> to celebrities like Jenny McCarthy and Oprah. I’m sure it came back into the media limelight when recent recommendations by the American Academy of Pediatrics<\/a> suggest that every child be tested for autism twice by the age of 2. This recommendation seems to have brought the media coverage as well as a lot of debate on the subject. <\/p>\n

I just wanted to give kudos to the American Academy of Pediatrics<\/a> for taking on the responsibility of trying to get children screened for autism at a younger age. I have no doubt it is a very scary thing to have to tell a parent you think their child may be autistic and a much more difficult thing for a parent to hear. The good news is early screening and identification means more answers, more help and more intervention that will ultimately lead to a more successful future for that child. <\/p>\n

Below are a few helpful resources on autism:
\nAutism Speaks<\/a>
\nThe Help Group<\/a>
\nNational Autism Association<\/a>
\nAmerican Pediatrics M-CHAT Sreening Tools<\/a>
\nAmerican Pediatrics M-CHAT Scoring Tool (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a Speech-Language Pathologist having worked with children with different severities of autism, it caught my attention just how much the news\/media has talked about it in recent weeks. From Dateline MSNBC to celebrities like Jenny McCarthy and Oprah. I’m sure it came back into the media limelight when recent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-early-intervention"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t