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Service Use Among Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

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Comprehensive Guide to Autism

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Services to treat autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are abundant and nearly all young children receive some form of treatment. Although evidence exists regarding the efficacy of various treatments as well as recommendations for dosages, other factors (e.g., parent stress) appear to play a role in service utilization. This chapter provides an overview of types of services available to children with ASD and factors related to the child and to the family that influence receipt of services. In conclusion, challenges related to researching services for children with ASD are discussed.

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  1. Juniper Gardens Children’s Project, University of Kansas, 444 Minnesota Ave #300, Kansas City, KS, 66101, USA

    Dwight Irvin

  2. Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of North Carolina Greensboro, 300 Ferguson Building, Greensboro, NC, 27516, USA

    Elena Patten

  3. Department of Allied Health Sciences, Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB#7122, Bondurant Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA

    Brian Boyd

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  2. Nutritional Sciences Division and Genomics Centre, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

    Victor R. Preedy

  3. Faculty of Society and Health, Buckinghamshire New University, Middlesex, United Kingdom

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Irvin, D., Patten, E., Boyd, B. (2014). Service Use Among Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. In: Patel, V., Preedy, V., Martin, C. (eds) Comprehensive Guide to Autism. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4788-7_63

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