Emergency Medical Responders and Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Objectives: Because of the high prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and wandering behavior, emergency medical responders (EMRs) will likely encounter children and adolescents with ASD. The objectives were to describe interactions between EMRs and children and adolescents with ASD, to evaluate EMRs' ability to recognize ASD in a simulated trauma setting, and to determine if EMRs' demographic characteristics affected their interactions with ASD youth.

Methods: A study of 75 videos of a simulated school bus crash was performed.

When the adoption becomes termination.

Steven is an 11-year-old boy who was adopted from an orphanage in Eastern Europe 8 years ago, when he was 3 years old along with his biological sister who is 1 year older. You have cared for him in your practice since that time seeing them annually for well child care. His mother reports that the first 2 years after adoption were very difficult, and Steven has never really bonded with her or her husband.