News summaries for autism therapy: auditory integration training (AIT)

definition of auditory integration training: Non-biologic alternative therapy for autism involving repeated exposure to sounds.
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New Book to Help Teachers Understand Sensory Processing Disorder, Summarized Dec 6, 2012

Many kids with autism also suffer from sensory processing disorder (SPD). One of our favorite authors, Carol Kranowitz, recently interviewed an occupational therapist, Stacey Szklut on how to teach kids with SPD. The result was "A Teacher’s Guide to Sensory Processing Disorder", a book and audio CD. Topics of interest to teachers included, understanding how sensory issues affected learning, how to identify SPD in the classroom, creating teaching methods that can be used both at school and at home, and materials useful to teachers of kids of all ages.

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Autism Center of Excellence to be Established at Boston University, Summarized Sep 6, 2012

Boston University received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to specifically study the difficulty with speaking that many children with autism have. Helen Tager-Flusberg, director of the Autism Center of Excellence explained, "There has been almost no research on this group of children and adults, and we have designed several key projects to address this gap in our knowledge.” Much of the research will focus on developing methods that will help people with autism learn to speak, including technology, brain and behavioral studies, and aspects of Auditory-Motor Mapping Training (AMMT). AMMT uses music – singing and motor activities – as the basis for teaching language skills.

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Is Bal-A-Vis-X a Potential Therapy for Autism?, Summarized May 21, 2012

Bill Hubert, an English teacher in Kansas, has created a series of 300 balance, auditory, and visual exercises – Bal-A-Vis-X. In the article from the NewStraitsTimes in Malaysia, the reporter explains how Bal-A-Vis-X works with kids with autism and other learning difficulties. She interviews parents and teachers who have tried the process. Bal-A-Vis-X exercises use sandbags or racquet balls to improve upon a child’s natural rhythm and balance, by focusing on touch, sound, and sight.... Read more...

Auditory Integration Training as Therapy for Autism, Summarized Feb 15, 2012

A speech and language pathologist in Kuwait has begun using auditory integrations training (AIT) for his students with autism at Dasman Model School and Khalifa School. Mamoun Aburas was interviewed for this article and discussed how he saw improvements in speech and attention span. Aburas explained that AIT is an, "intervention programme designed to correct or improve auditory hypersensitivity, distortions and delays in the signals that interfere with an individual’s ability to process auditory information normally." AIT, which is still considered an alternative therapy, presents music through a machine called an Earducator.... Read more...

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Synonyms for auditory integration training (AIT) include: AIT, audio, audiologist, audiology, auditory, auditory brainstem response, auditory input, auditory integration, auditory integration therapy, auditory integration training, auditory processing, auditory therapy
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