ACT-NOW Fact Sheets

General Information

• What is Autism?
  
  • English (pdf, 35kb)
  • Arabic (pdf, 35kb)
  • Chinese (pdf, 35kb)
  • Dari (pdf, 35kb)
  • Turkish (pdf, 35kb)
  • Vietnamese (pdf, 35kb)
• Glossary of Terms (pdf, 98kb)
• What is Asperger's Disorder? (pdf, 50kb)
• Early Features of Autism (pdf, 50kb)
• Core Features of Autism: Communication
  • English (pdf, 125kb)
  • Arabic (pdf, 125kb)
  • Chinese (pdf, 125kb)
  • Dari (pdf, 125kb)
  • Turkish (pdf, 125kb)
  • Vietnamese (pdf, 125kb)
• Core Features of Autism: Social Skills
  • English (pdf, 125kb)
  • Arabic (pdf, 125kb)
  • Chinese (pdf, 125kb)
  • Dari (pdf, 125kb)
  • Turkish (pdf, 125kb)
  • Vietnamese (pdf, 125kb)
• Core Features of Autism: Play and Behaviour
  • English (pdf, 125kb)
  • Arabic (pdf, 125kb)
  • Chinese (pdf, 125kb)
  • Dari (pdf, 125kb)
  • Turkish (pdf, 125kb)
  • Vietnamese (pdf, 125kb)
• Autism: Assessment and Diagnosis (pdf, 125kb)
• Autism Early Intervention: Best Practice (pdf, 60kb)
• Autism: Choosing a Treatment (pdf, 125kb)
• Autism: Evaluating a Treatment (pdf, 125kb)
• Very Early Signs of Autism: Recent Research (pdf, 98kb)
• MMR and Autism (pdf, 125kb)
• MMR Update (pdf, 125kb)
• Vaccinations and Autism: A Further Update (pdf, 85kb)
• Autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
  • English
  • Vietnamese (pdf, 125kb)
• Genes and Autism (pdf, 81kb)
• Psychoeducational Profile - Third Edition (PEP-3) (pdf, 125kb)
• M-CHAT: Identify Autism in Toddlers (pdf, 99kb)
• CHecklist for Autism in Toddlers (CHAT) (pdf, 125kb)
• Overview of the Developmental Behaviour Checklist (DBC) (pdf, 125kb)
• Developmental Assessment: Why bother? (pdf, 114kb)
• Autism Early Intervention: Best Practice - Recent Research (pdf, 140kb)
• Regression in Autism (pdf, 60kb)
• The National Autism Center's National Standards Report (pdf, 40kb)
• ASD Snapshots: A Useful and Quick Way to get Important Information across to the People Who Need It (pdf, 50kb)
• Red Flag Alerts to the Early Signs of Autism (pdf, 60kb)
  

Managing Autism

• Teaching Young Children with Autism New Skills (pdf, 60kb)
• Occupational Therapy and Young Children with Autism (Part 1) (pdf, 60kb)
• Occupational Therapy and Sensory Processing: Working with Young Children with Autism (Part 2) (pdf, 60kb)
• Family-Centred Practices in Child Assessments (pdf, 60kb)
• Parent Education and Skills Training (pdf, 50kb)
• Working Together with Parents in the Preschool Years (Part 1) (pdf, 125kb)
• Working Together with Parents in the Preschool Years (Part 2) (pdf, 125kb)
• Brothers and Sisters: Sibling Issues (pdf, 125kb)
• Grandparents of Children with Autism (pdf, 107kb)
• Toilet Training (pdf, 129kb)
• Autism and Sleep (pdf, 95kb)
• Autism and Anxiety
  • English (pdf, 105kb)
  • Vietnamese (pdf, 105kb)
• Autism and Fussy Eating: Dietary Issues (pdf, 125kb)
• Autism and Television (pdf, 105kb)
• Helping Young Children to Communicate using Visual Supports (pdf, 142kb)
• Communication: First - Then (pdf, 135kb)
• Gathering Information: Genograms (pdf, 99kb)
• Developing Social Skills (pdf, 118kb)
• Managing Routines, Rituals and Repetitive Motor Mannerisms (pdf, 102kb)
• Managing Special Interests (pdf, 101kb)
• Using a Play Ideas Mat (pdf, 178kb)
• Choosing Activities using Visual Supports (pdf, 349kb)
• Visual Supports: Timetables and Schedules (pdf, 157kb)
• Community-Home Links in Preschool Years - Book About Me (pdf, 329kb)
• Pre-schoolers with Autism: Work and Play (pdf, 125kb)
• Effective Referral to General Practitioners (pdf, 125kb)
• Increasing Joint Attention Skills in Young Children with Autism (pdf, 110kb)