Autism Treatment at UCLA
The Center for Autism Research and Treatment has a strong focus on the design and testing of experimental treatment interventions, founded on basic and clinical science advancements. Currently UCLA offers the following programs and services:
- Autism Clinic - provides a specialized, high-level of multi-disciplinary expertise, in its approach to this difficult and poorly understood disorder.
- ABC Partial Program - program for the enhancement of Achievement, Behavior, and Cognition is a short-term integrated day treatment program for children between the ages of 3-12 years with internalizing and externalizing problems.
- Parenting and Children's Friendship Program - offers social skills group programs for children in elementary school, junior high and high school who are have having problems making or keeping friends. The program also offers parent training/behavior modification programs for parents with children and early adolescents.
- Early Childhood Partial Hospitalization Program - a short-term integrated day treatment program for young children who have been diagnosed with, or may have, autism, developmental disabilities, and behavior disorders
- Early Childhood Clubhouse - a special social recreational after-school program for children 3 to 6 years of age with autism, Asperger’s Disorder, developmental disabilities, and/or behavioral disorders.
