Research: Immediate Effect of Ayres’s Sensory Integration-Based Occupational Therapy Intervention on Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

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Authored by Watling, RL, and Dietz J. in The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, Volume 61, Issue 5, p. 574-583, (2007).

Article summary (posted Nov 29, 2007):

Sensory integration therapy does not seem to help children with autism attend to the task at hand.

When a child has bad behavior, he often has trouble focusing on the task at hand. This study was designed to see whether or not sensory integration therapy was better than play therapy in helping with the behavior of children with autism. The authors focused on the childrenâ??s behavior right after sensory integration therapy was over. They found no change in behavior right after sensory integration therapy. The authors suggest that occupational therapists look closely to see if sensory integration therapy is making a difference with the child.

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autism, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), intervention, occupational therapy (OT), play therapy, sensory integration, therapist, therapy
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