Autism Treatment Network

Our Autism Treatment Network is a collaboration of medical centers dedicated to providing families with state of the art, multidisciplinary care. The ATN was established to provide a place for families to go for high quality, coordinated medical care for children and adolescents with autism and associated conditions.

The Autism Speaks Autism Treatment Network serves as base for the Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (AIR-P). The AIR-P includes a network of dedicated doctors, nurses, and specialized health care professionals who understand autism spectrum disorders. The network model of care promotes treating the whole child over time through a family-centered, comprehensive, and multidisciplinary approach.

We are dedicated to finding better ways to manage the health of children and adolescents with autism. The ATN/AIR-P is devoted to improving the quality and availability of medical care for children and adolescents with ASD. Working together to develop uniform approaches for diagnosing and treating ASD and associated conditions.

The ATN/AIR-P conducts clinical research projects on the medical conditions that often accompany ASD. This research is aimed at having an impact on the health of children with autism by answering questions that have long concerned clinicians and families.

The ATN/AIR-P provides the latest information about effective care of the whole person with autism. The network’s expert clinicians and researchers work together along with families to develop and disseminate tool kits filled with resources and tips for families and professionals to use in the everyday care, treatment and support of individuals with autism.

Sources:

http://www.autismspeaks.org/science/resources-programs/autism-treatment-network 

http://www.autisminterventionresearch.net/site/pp.aspx?c=7oJGLPPsFiJYG&b=8238437