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...report in the current issue of Pediatrics helps fill in the gap, providing the first randomized, controlled trial - the most rigorous kind of study - of a comprehensive autism treatment that appears to work well for children as young as 18 months. While none of the children in the study were "cured" of autism, those receiving two years of intensive therapy achieved major leaps in IQ score, big improvements in their use of language and significant gains in their ability to handle the kinds of everyday tasks necessary for a child to function at school and at play...
...peculiarities of autism treatment is that there are many competing brands, including some therapies that are promoted as cures, but few have been subjected to rigorous study, and virtually none have been tested head to head. The Pediatrics report "brings the methodological rigor that's often been lacking," says psychologist Tony Charman, an autism researcher and professor at the Institute of Education in London, who was not involved in the study. Charman was further impressed with two features of the Early Start Denver Model: it deeply involves parents in their children's treatment - an approach "for which there is good...
President Faust was invited to speak in front of this large crowd of distinguished guests. However, rather than first thanking the Veterans and their families, she instead began her speech by lamenting the fact that none of Harvard’s Medal of Honor recipients were women. Finally, she emphatically stated that “I look forward to the day when Harvard’s daughters are honored on this plaque as well...
...killed more than 200,000 people. And our financial meltdown quickly spread around the developed world. Yet from our lofty perch overlooking the 20th century - the American Century, TIME's co-founder once labeled it - the fall has been precipitous. Who among us is unscathed? Not many. Even if none of your family members died in combat, you had no money with Madoff and you own your house free and clear, you most likely still took a hit. To paraphrase the question Ronald Reagan posed years ago, Are you better off today than you were at the beginning...
...national powerhouse Crimson crushed Ivy League foe No. 10 Brown (0-1, 0-1 Ivy) on Friday before breezing past out-of-conference opponent No. 8 Williams (0-2) on Sunday. The weekend’s victories boosted Harvard to a 2-0 record, a start that surprises none given the team’s stacked lineup and a national championship appearance last year...