Five simple, inexpensive therapies the scientists say work
By: Dunsavage Young, Lyn.
Contributor(s): Lara, Joanne.
Series: Autism Asperger's Digest February/April 2016: 26-34. 2016Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): Wineman, Alexis, 1994- | AUTISM | AUTISM | SENSORY DISORDERS | CHILDREN | THERAPY | RESEARCHSummary: Describes therapies that scientists have been studying in numerous ways for over a decade and have found that 'children who received sensorimotor enrichment at home for six months had a significant improvement in both their cognitive ability and the severity of their autism symptoms... After six months, enriched children showed significantly significant gains in IQ scores, a decline in atypical sensory responses and an improvement in their receptive language performance compared with controls.' Discusses some programmes (US) which have utilised these concepts and suggests that parents could implement them at home (with the proviso that the exercises must be done daily). Includes references.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Describes therapies that scientists have been studying in numerous ways for over a decade and have found that 'children who received sensorimotor enrichment at home for six months had a significant improvement in both their cognitive ability and the severity of their autism symptoms... After six months, enriched children showed significantly significant gains in IQ scores, a decline in atypical sensory responses and an improvement in their receptive language performance compared with controls.' Discusses some programmes (US) which have utilised these concepts and suggests that parents could implement them at home (with the proviso that the exercises must be done daily). Includes references.
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