MST Surgery Surgery typically done for LKS children, but has been used with autistic children for whom intractible seizures appear to be a cause. Secretin infusion Experimental treatment reported to have helped autistic children. Secretin is a hormone involved in digestion. Floortime Intervention method developed by Stanley Greenspan for developmentally disabled children including autistic children. Stanley Greenspan has a series of books including The Challenging Child and The Child With Special Needs.
Many teachers use a variety of combination of methods.
Some teachers attempt to identify an individual student's learning style and modify curriculum and materials to suit the student's learning style. For example, many children with autism are visual learners. Teachers will use pictures, charts and visual representations when teaching. Materials developed for children with learning disabilities who are visual learners are often helpful. Mainstreaming refers to teaching children with special needs in regular classes with other children.