Autism Language Program

波士顿儿童医院的自闭症语言计划（ALP）是一个专门设计用于帮助诊断患有自闭症谱系疾病的儿童进行沟通和学习更有效的儿童的计划。我们考虑所有形式的沟通，包括口头，书面，手势（符号）和视觉（使用图形符号）。

访问此计划的儿童被评估，最终，他们的家庭获得了向儿童利益和需求量身定制的建议，通常包括学校和家庭的建议。

通信障碍中心主任霍华德C. Shane博士，以及与自闭症，各国相关的沟通问题的权威，虽然访问我们计划的每个孩子都有各种优势和缺点，我们将其视为我们的工作确定这些优势，以改善他们的沟通和学习。“

谢恩认识到沟通问题，不寻常的行为和社会相关问题是自闭症的三个标志，但相信沟通难以成为最突出的态度。

The philosophy of the ALP is complimentary to the current leading approaches to the treatment of autism. As such, we have examined these philosophies and have implemented strategies that enhance these outcomes and produce better results.

We believe that every family that visits the ALP leaves knowing more about their child's communication and learning styles. Families leave with a plan for improving their child's communication, and with recommendations on how to help their child understand spoken language and how to speak more effectively, which in turn can have a positive effect on their learning.

How Children With Autism Communicate

Every child with autism does communicate. Even without any intervention they know how to protest, how to object, and usually if parents and teachers are good observers, they also know how to tell you what they want. All three of these abilities are often expressed through physical means, and these non-verbal expressions get positive results when interpreted by the correct people.

In some situations these children cannot get their message across, and revert to unusual, destructive, or aggressive behavior. This usually happens when the child:

• cannot tell you what they want
• 想休息一下
• 没有一种方法可以恢复注意力

所有这些能力有时都在没有干预，是ALP中临床人员可以建立正式个性化的通信计划的基础。

Our Innovative Approach

It is our goal for every child we see with autism to become as effective a communicator as possible. We strive to improve each child's ability to communicate, protest, object, request, and move beyond to maximize their ability to communicate in all situations. General consensus is that persons on the autism spectrum have strong visual skills, and likely these visual skills surpass their auditory skills. In the Autism Language Program (ALP) at Boston Children's Hospital, we strive to maximize these auditory skills through the use of visual materials as a way of improving all forms of communication. As a result, these children use these new-found communication skills to improve academic performance, and also to interact in and learn about the world in which they live. In the ALP, we rely on the traditional approaches to communication assessment, that generally include: