Therapy For Autistic Children Research Articles

Coherence of Parental Representations Following Therapy for Autistic Children.

Autistic children experience high rates of mental health challenges, and links have been found between child mental health and the parent-child relationship. As parents of autistic children are often actively involved in their child's treatment, it is important to consider aspects of the parent-child relationship within this context. The present study investigated changes in a component of the parent-child relationship, the coherence of parental representations, following participation in a 10-week cognitive behavioural therapy intervention designed to address autistic children's mental health challenges. Relationships were examined between coherence and child characteristics (i.e., autism symptoms, mental health), and associations with child treatment outcomes (i.e., mental health). Participants included 81 children (89% boys) aged 8 to 13 years and their parents (85% mothers) aged 35 to 54 years. Baseline levels of coherence were related to children's mental health symptoms but not autism symptoms. Although there were no significant changes in overall coherence across therapy, subscale-level improvements (i.e., concern, acceptance) emerged. Changes in coherence across therapy were linked with children's post-intervention behavioural symptoms and were approaching significance for internalizing problems, but were not associated with externalizing problems. It is critical to investigate factors that shape the coherence of parents' representations of their children, as this may provide insight into potential targets for intervention. Ascertaining whether participation in therapy improves parental coherence, and consequently child treatment outcomes, can advocate for parent-involved therapy, which will ultimately benefit the well-being of autistic children.

PUSAT TERAPI ANAK AUTIS DI MARTAPURA KALIMANTAN SELATAN

During the period of cognitive development, some children not a few who experience some problems at the stage of their cognitive development, one of which is the presence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). It was recorded in January 2018 that there were 500 cases of children with autism in South Kalimantan. In South Kalimantan itself, therapy centers for autistic children are still very few and the facilities they provide are still very limited. And there are still many parents who think therapy for autistic children doesn't make any changes to their children. Meanwhile, in therapy it takes a long time and consistently in therapy and the active cooperation of parents must be active at home. So it is felt that there is a need for an Autistic Children Therapy Center in South Kalimantan at this time. This is realized by the method of Psychological Architecture and the concept of applying the principles of Healing Environment to create an Autistic Child Therapy Center that can improve the behavior of autistic children for the better and provide education to parents.

The Jordanian Population's Knowledge, Attitudes, and Willingness to Help People with Autism: A Cross-Sectional Study.

To assess the knowledge and attitudes of the general public in Jordan towards autism. In addition, we aimed to assess their awareness of various treatment options for autism, and their attentiveness and willingness to assist. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Jordan for the period between April and May 2022 using an online questionnaire developed based on a literature review. A total of 833 individuals in Amman city completed the questionnaires assessing participant demographics, knowledge of and attitude towards ADS, awareness of management options, perception, and ability to help. Using logistic regression, the odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for those who are more likely to be informed about autism were determined. The participants' overall understanding of autism spectrum disorder was poor, with a mean score of 6.2 (SD: 3.1) out of 17, or 36.5%. The participants showed a moderately positive attitude towards autism, with an average agreement of 60.9% for government support for ADS children. The items about management options auditory integration training therapy had the highest level (50.1%). Additionally, the participants showed a moderate to high level of attention and ability to help people with autism. The majority confirmed that they see the need to implement changes in public facilities to meet the needs of autistic patients (71.8%). When compared to others, females, aged below 30, single, with family income less than 500 JD, holding a bachelor's degree, and working outside the healthcare field had a higher likelihood of knowing more about the autism spectrum condition (p ≤ 0.05). Our research illustrates the lack of awareness and knowledge among the Jordanian population regarding autism. To fill this gap, educational awareness programs should be conducted to promote Jordanian knowledge regarding autism and find ways in which communities, organisations, and governments can support so as to allow for early diagnoses and an appropriate treatment plan and therapy for autistic children.

Practice of Music Therapy for Autistic Children Based on Music Data Mining

For children with autism, music therapy has aroused great concern with its novelty and better influence. Music therapy, as one of the effective treatment methods, has an important influence on the social interaction, behavior, and emotion of autistic children. This study attempts to explore a form of applying highly specialized impromptu music therapy to the personal treatment of autistic children in schools for the disabled, as well as the design method of specific music activities. Based on music data mining, the machine learning method is introduced to model music emotion features, and various algorithms are compared to find a model with higher recognition rate, and, at the same time, the antinoise ability and generalization ability of the model are further improved. Finally, a music emotion cognitive model with better performance is established. The results show that the model can effectively promote the overall development of autistic children’s cognitive movement, social communication, language communication, and cognition.

Blended Learning Through an Interactive Mobile Application for Teaching Autistic Kindergarten Students

The mobile applications industry has had significant growth in the last few years. Mobile phones are everywhere since we use them in every part of our daily lives for entertainment, communication and other various uses. Unfortunately, there was also a substantial increase the number of autism cases in kids around the world, which has prompted for a dire need of a therapy method that is cheap, reliable and accessible for everyone who needs it. Researchers have tried several methods, like robotics and virtual reality, to help in the therapy of autistic children. While their results were promising, these technologies are still out of reach of most users due to their high cost. Mobile phones, however, are much more accessible since everyone has one, and they have a wide array of useful gadgets that can be used in making the therapy sessions more engaging and fun such as cameras, accelerometers, speakers, microphones and others. This project aims to design and implement an interactive learning environment based on a mobile application for teaching kids with special needs.

Psychopedagogika uczenia się i zachowania, czyli o związkach behawioryzmu z edukacyjną analizą transakcyjną (cz. 2)

Since its emergence, classical behaviourism as a psychological concept has not only undergone significant changes but it has also been applied in numerous areas of science and practice (economy, political science, computer games, etc.). One of such areas is education in which it has become, among others, a theory and practice of teaching, a concept of didactic programming and a basis for developing educational programmes; it has also been used in therapy of autistic children and as a strategy for resocialization activities. Behaviouralpsychotherapy is mainly a therapy of behaviour, with a set of its own therapeutic methods and techniques. One of the areas in which be-haviourism can be used is transactional analysis in its educational perspective, to which behaviourism still has a lot to offer.

Thank You for the Music: Musical Activities as Therapy for Autistic Children

Music therapy, developed over the years by numerous musicians and educators, such as Carl Orff, Jacques-Dalcroze, and Kodaly, have proven to stimulate social interaction, improve selective attention and aid in numerous other developmental milestones. These findings are not only important for parents and school curricula, but also have profound meaning for children with autism. Numerous studies, including work done by Koelsch, as well as Winsler, Ducenne, and Koury, found that children who participated in a music and movement program developed greater self-regulation skills, such as private speech, showed greater improvement in coordination, and fostered positive social interaction between researcher and subject. Autistic children who were exposed to music therapy held eye contact longer, engaged in dialogue, and reduced negative behaviors such as head-banging, avoidance, or self-stimulatory behaviors. Diverse methods of music therapy, including playing instruments, listening to sounds, and other musical activities, could greatly improve the social, emotional, and educational development of autistic children.

Autistic Children's Kansei Responses Towards Humanoid-Robot as Teaching Mediator

Autism is often being associated with the deficits in social communication, interaction as well as imagination. Autistic patients may experience the impairment in social interaction usually being related to their inability to interpret others’ emotion and even to express their own feelings. As a result, children with autism are often been labeled as lacking the ability to express their emotion. The main objective of this paper is to present a pilot study in studying the autistic children's’ emotions and feelings upon being triggered by the humanoid-robot, NAO. Kansei Engineering, which is a powerful emotion extraction mechanism is adopted in the study to assess the children's’ emotion. The experiment involved two autistic children and one normal child who were given four interaction modules in separate intervention session. The experiment conducted is to observe how robot triggers the emotion of these children. The result shows that different types of modules which would trigger different emotional reactions. This result provides a basis for further investigation of the assessment of autistic children's feeling and emotion. The result will ultimately contribute to finding best possible therapy for autistic children towards the used of humanoid-robot.

Animal assisted therapy for autistic children: A pilot study of the evolution of dog/child relationship

Animal assisted therapy for autistic children: A pilot study of the evolution of dog/child relationship

Music Therapy for Autistic Children and Their Families: A Creative Spectrum

A review of the literature shows that little has been published about music therapy for parents and children together, and Oldfield's recent article (Oldfield et al. 2003) describes this work as ‘fairly uncommon’. This paper uses three clinical examples to illustrate a range of approaches to working with children with autism and their parents: a group for children with autism and their parents in a mainstream primary school, short-term work with a 4-year-old autistic girl and her mother, and work with a mother and her two young sons, one of whom has Asperger's Syndrome. Music therapy can help children with autism to communicate and interact and can build their self-confidence. It can also play an important role for parents of children with autism, who may be under great stress, by fostering relationships, developing positive interactions and helping them to feel contained and supported.

The Dohsa Method: A Japanese Therapy for Autistic Children

The Dohsa Method: A Japanese Therapy for Autistic Children

The Dohsa Method: A Japanese Therapy for Autistic Children

The Dohsa method is an effective therapeutic method used for children with autism which was developed originally for children with cerebral palsy in Japan. In this article, the author introduces the theoretical background, therapeutic techniques, and effectiveness of this method. Finally, the necessity of the combination of this method with other therapeutic techniques is discussed.

Effects of Intravenous Secretin on Language and Behavior of Children With Autism and Gastrointestinal Symptoms: A Single-Blinded, Open-Label Pilot Study

Autism is a severe developmental disorder with poorly understood etiology. A recently published case series describes 3 autistic children with gastrointestinal symptoms who underwent endoscopy and intravenous administration of secretin and were subsequently noted by their parents to demonstrate improved language skills over a 5-week period. This report sparked tremendous public interest, and investigators at several sites moved quickly to design controlled trials to test the efficacy of secretin as a therapy for autistic children. However, this is the first effort specifically designed to replicate the initial reported findings in terms of patient age, presenting symptoms, and drug administration. To rigorously apply the scientific method by assessing the reproducibility of the reported effects of intravenous secretin on the language of young children with autism and gastrointestinal symptoms. We performed a single-blinded, prospective, open-label trial by conducting formal language testing and blinded behavioral rating both before and repeatedly after a standardized infusion of secretin. We selected autistic children who were similar in age and profile to those described in the published retrospective case review. Inclusion criteria for study participation included age (3-6 years), confirmed diagnosis of autism, and reported gastrointestinal symptoms (16 had chronic diarrhea, 2 had gastroesophageal reflux, and 2 had chronic constipation). Twenty children (18 male) were admitted to the Pediatric Clinical Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco after administration of the Preschool Language Scale-3 (PLS-3). A 3 CU/kg dose of secretin (Secretin-Ferring) was administered intravenously (upper endoscopy was not performed). Behavioral ratings were derived using the Autism Observation Scale applied to a 30-minute time sample of the child's behavior consisting of a videotape of the PLS-3 (structured setting) and a second free play session with a standard set of developmentally appropriate toys. Participants then returned for follow-up evaluations, with readministrations of the PLS-3 at 1, 2, 3, and 5 weeks' postinfusion, and videotaping of each session for later blinded review by 2 independent observers using the Autism Observation Scale, uninformed about week of posttreatment. We also surveyed parents of our study children about their impressions of the effects of secretin using a 5-point Likert scale for parents to rate changes seen in their child. With a total study completion rate across all participants of 96%, repeated measures analyses of variance revealed no significant increases in children's language skills from baseline across all 5 study time periods after a single infusion of secretin. Similarly, neither significant decreases in atypical behaviors nor increases in prosocial behaviors and developmentally appropriate play skills emerged. Furthermore, no relationship was found between parental reports of change and observable improvement in the sample. Despite the objective lack of drug effect, 70% of parents in our study reported moderate to high change in their child's language and behavior. Furthermore, 85% of parents reported that they felt that their child would obtain at least some additional benefits from another infusion of secretin. The results of our pilot study indicate that intravenous secretin had no effects in a 5-week period on the language and behavior of 20 children with autism and gastrointestinal symptoms. The open-label, prospective design of our study with blinded reviews of patients both before and after secretin administration follows the scientific method by seeking to reproduce an observed phenomenon using validating and reliable outcome measures. Pilot studies remain a mandatory step for the design of future randomized, clinical trials investigating potential treatments for children with autism.

Recreation and Exercise as Therapy for Autistic Children: The Historical Perspective

(1973). Recreation and Exercise as Therapy for Autistic Children: The Historical Perspective. Journal of Health, Physical Education, Recreation: Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 87-88.