News and Notes from The Johnson Center
Q & A: My child just completed their evaluation with a psychologist. Now what?
JCCHD | Tue, June 12, 2012 | [Autism Treatment][Assessment Corner][Q and A ]Assessments for children with developmental delays can sometimes be a time consuming process, but the real work comes once you have the evaluation report. This report is a valuable resource for getting your child the help they need. Here are some tips on how to use the results.
1. Learn all you can about common tests and measurement. Understanding test scores is complicated, but it’s very important. You will feel more confident when you know what your child’s assessment results mean, and how …
Read moreQ & A: Who can help me determine what therapies and interventions my child with ASD may need?
JCCHD | Mon, June 11, 2012 | [Autism Treatment][Healthcare][Q and A ]Ensuring that the right clinical team is in place is the first step on the road to understanding health concerns for children with ASD and accurately addressing each of them. With parental input, medical, nutritional, behavioral, and dietetic professionals design interventions that should be specific to each patient; a good working relationship with your child’s team will decrease your stress and allow for a better outcome for your child and family.
The location of the clinic, the experience and expertise of the clinicians, and the services they provide are factors that should be considered …
Read moreQ & A: What strategies can parents use to support healthy sibling relationships when ASD is part of the picture?
JCCHD | Thu, June 07, 2012 | [Q and A ][Sibling Spotlight][Webinars]Parents of children with autism must try to balance the demands of caring for their special-needs child while simultaneously meeting the needs of the rest of the family. Every member is affected by the financial, emotional, and physical demands of having a child with autism. It is important to look at how these factors can affect individual relationships within the family, and to seek support for strengthening those relationships. There are several useful strategies that parents can use to ease the path for siblings who do not have autism—the first …
Read moreFamily and Food: Another SuperFood - The Lucky Lentil
JCCHD | Wed, June 06, 2012 | [Family and Food][Healthcare]Lentils are a tiny round legume. They come in many colors and sizes – yellow, red, green, and brown lentils are all easy to find in grocery stores.
Why add these to your diet? They are rich in fiber, which helps manage blood sugar as well as regulate the gastrointestinal system. They contain significant protein – second only to soybeans, of all legumes. They are a good source of many vitamins and …
Read moreQ & A: Are there parent support groups that can help us care for our child with ASD?
JCCHD | Tue, June 05, 2012 | [Community][Q and A ]Networking with other parents who can offer support and above all else understanding can be invaluable. There are many autism-related parent support groups online and in communities across the country that parents can get involved with; in fact, if you Google this question, you’ll get over 20,000,000 results.
Being a parent is challenging; being a parent of a child with ASD presents …
Q & A: In conducting research, do you only need children with autism to participate?
JCCHD | Mon, June 04, 2012 | [Q and A ][Research]One of the biggest challenges in performing research is finding the right participants and enough of them to complete the needed studies. Healthy children without an autism diagnosis are critical to our research. While we have great success in recruiting children on the autism spectrum, we still have an urgent need for typically-developing children to serve as the control groups for comparison in our studies. We need healthy boys and girls ages 2-8, both those with and those without a sibling with an ASD, to participate in our studies.
These healthy participants greatly increase the quality of our research by providing …
Read moreQ & A: Do I need to live in Austin to get help from The Johnson Center?
JCCHD | Thu, May 31, 2012 | [Autism Treatment][Q and A ]If you come to The Johnson Center, you might meet a young adult from Maine or a toddler from Ireland waiting in our playroom. We’ve had families come to us from 49 states and 53 countries, seeking treatment from our team of professionals. While we look forward to the day that everyone has access to knowledgeable and appropriate services close to home, we often hear that the level of specialized and individualized care that children with developmental delays require is not provided near where their families live. For this reason, The Johnson Center has built each department around the needs of these families, offering a range of services under one roof. Our multidisciplinary clinic produces an environment that allows our clinicians to inform each other and to provide comprehensive and continuous care for our patients.
If you decide to bring your child to us, how often would you need to come to Austin? We require that patients be seen in person a minimum of …
Read moreFamily and Food: Pistachios – Beneath the Shell
JCCHD | Wed, May 30, 2012 | [Family and Food][Healthcare]Pistachios have a lot hidden under their shells. This nut promotes healthy heart function and is full of fiber and minerals and vitamins such as copper, manganese, phosphorus, thiamin, and B6. Pistachios are rich in mono- and polyunsaturated fats, and contain one of the highest levels of antioxidants among nuts.
Pistachios originated in the Middle East. Due to high demand from Middle Eastern immigrants, they appeared in America roughly in the 1880’s. Soon thereafter, they became a popular …
Read moreThe Sibling Experience: Facing Challenges
JCCHD | Tue, May 29, 2012 | [Community][Sibling Spotlight][Webinars]Growing up with a brother or sister with autism is a unique experience to say the least. As parents, it’s important to understand the experiences of siblings so you can help them navigate the challenges they might face.
One of the first things siblings need to know is the answer to the question: “What does autism mean?” It’s important to check in with younger children and debunk …
Read moreQ & A: Why does my doctor want me to have a prescription compounded? What does a compounding pharmacy do, and why would we use one?
JCCHD | Mon, May 28, 2012 | [Healthcare][Q and A ]Compounding pharmacies have the ability to create custom pharmaceutical products tailored to the specific needs of your child. There are a number of reasons why practitioners at The Johnson Center recommend that medications be filled by a compounding pharmacy. Benefits include: altering the form in which the medication is available, changing the route of administration, and ensuring the cleanest products possible are used. For these reasons, the use of compounded medications often increases compliance, directly affecting health benefits.
Medications that are mass-produced for retail pharmacies often contain colors, preservatives, and fillers that can sometimes have a negative effect …
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