This is also a diagnostic device. A checklist to be used by general practitioners for a child 18 months old to see if they have Autism. The needle, the haystack, and the CHAT , British Journal of Psychiatry . Communications notebook - a notebook sent with a student, usually a special education or young student, to and from school by which parents and teachers maintain daily communication. Cluster - Used to label an unusually large number of occurrences of a disease or condition in one place.
Clusters constitute evidence in the search for causes of diseases and conditions.
Doctor, is a physician who subscribes to the DAN protocol and attended a DAN Conference. DAN Protocol - a procedure for the assessment of the underlying disorders that is causing the autism. It is the result of the DAN conferences. DAS - Developmental Apraxia of Speech Children with dyspraxia, or apraxia, both terms are as correct, have the capacity to say speech sounds but have a problem with motor planning. They have difficulty making the movements needed for speech, voluntarily.