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Music Therapist Writes Book to Help Children with Autism

scottie — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:00:00 +0000

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Karen O’Connor, a long-time speech and language therapist, discovered that music therapy helped her clients with autism and other speech delays.

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Karen O’Connor, a long-time speech and language therapist, discovered that music therapy helped her clients with autism and other speech delays. She said she has not found a child that music therapy can't help. She has written a book, Music is the Key to Unlocking your Child’s Potential, on her experience with music therapy. The book is designed to help parents figure out which music therapy might work best with their child. She explains that music therapy can "help their children to be calmer, more communicative, interact better with other children, improve their concentration and even their balance." While her Listening Therapy Centre is only in Ireland, she would like to see music and sound therapy adopted internationally.

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New Therapy Music to Ears for Kids with Speech Delay

Listening Therapy Center Opens in the Philippines

scottie — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:28:10 +0000

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Dr. Gina Diaz-Cembrano recently opened the I Listen Enhancement Center for Maximum Learning in the Philippines.

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Dr. Gina Diaz-Cembrano recently opened the I Listen Enhancement Center for Maximum Learning in the Philippines. Although a dentist by training, Gina felt teaching preschool was a better way to help families who had children with autism and other developmental issues such as ADHD. The center uses the Tomatis Method. Gina explains, “The Tomatis method re-trains the listening system by using electronically modified music and language to re-educate, stimulate and improve the way in which we process auditory information.” Children with learning disabilities often have difficulty in communication and social interaction, the Tomatis methods attempts to increase listening skills, communication, and memory and attention. Gina has seen that Tomatis worked well with other therapies including occupational therapy, sensory integration, and speech therapy.

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All Ears for the Tomatis Method

A Case Study of a Five-year-old Child with Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified Using Sound-Based Interventions

scottie — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:22:59 +0000

Title	A Case Study of a Five-year-old Child with Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified Using Sound-Based Interventions
Publication Type	Journal Article
Authors	Nwora AJ, Gee BM
Journal Title	Occupational Therapy International
Year of Publication	2009
Volume	16
Issue	1
Pages	25-43
URL for Abstract	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19222056?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
Full Text	Listening therapy may help children with autism with sensory processing, listening, and language skills. Occupational therapists (OT) often use sensory integration therapy as a main approach when treating children with autism. Sensory integration therapy takes a wide range of forms, one of which is listening therapy/sound therapy. There are very few studies that look to see if listening therapy helps children with autism. The aim of this case study was to see if The Listening Program would help a five-year-old boy with autism. In this case, listening therapy was chosen to reduce sensory sensitivity enhance language use and improve functional behavior.

Georgia Therapists Provide Variety of Therapies to Help Children with Autism

scottie — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:16:05 +0000

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Georgia therapists provide a variety of interventions for children with autism.

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Georgia therapists provide a variety of interventions for children with autism. Treatments range from applied behavior analysis (ABA) to auditory therapy, which uses sound to stimulate areas of the brain. The Brain Balance approach works to integrate both sides of the child's brain using rhythm, bio nutrition, and sensory motor exercises. A Healing Place provides therapy in the way of Brain Power (BP2), an intervention that also trains both sides of the brain.

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Brief Report: The Effects of Tomatis Sound Therapy on Language in Children with Autism

scottie — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:55:47 +0000

Title	Brief Report: The Effects of Tomatis Sound Therapy on Language in Children with Autism
Publication Type	Journal Article
Authors	Corbett BA, Shickman K, Ferrer E
Journal Title	J Autism Dev Disord
Year of Publication	2008
Volume	38
Issue	3
Pages	562-566
URL for Abstract	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17610057?ordinalpos=3&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
Full Text	Listening therapy does not appear to help children with autism learn language. This study was designed to see if the Tomatis version of listening therapy could help the language of children with autism. The study looked at ability to speak as well as ability to understand. The authors did not find a difference between those children who received listening therapy and those who received a placebo. The study had only 11 children and the children had different levels of language. Therefore, the authors were not able to tell if maybe listening therapy works better for children who have more or less language. Dr. Gerritsen of San Felipe del Agua, Mexico wrote a letter in response to the study. In the letter she described errors in the research. Dr. Corbett answered that indeed the study was small, but the data from the study suggest that there is no reason to spend more money researching the effect of the Tomatis method.

Gluten-Free & Casein-Free Diets help other Therapies Work for Child

scottie — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:18:10 +0000

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A mother of a child with autism in Iloilo, Philippines, found that using a gluten-free diet and casein-free diet helped her son with his other therapies for autism.

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A mother of a child with autism in Iloilo, Philippines, found that using a gluten-free diet and casein-free diet helped her son with his other therapies for autism (occupational, speech, inclusion, ABA, and listening therapy). She used the Internet and a parent support site, www.autismpinoy.com, to help her in her research for dietary interventions.

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Listening Therapy: Key to Understanding

scottie — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:58:36 +0000

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A listening therapy program enabled a child with autism to begin to talk.

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A listening therapy program enabled a child with autism to begin to talk. A Maryland couple discovered that their child with left-ear dominance had problems communicating, focusing, learning, and socializing. They found treatment for their child involving digital technology that switched ear dominance.

Key to Me Therapy Services in Bradley Beach, MD, provides three rooms of auditory testing, listening equipment and play therapy activities.

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Key to Me Therapy Services in Bradley Beach, MD, provides three rooms of auditory testing, listening equipment and play therapy activities.

Auditory Integration Training and Other Sound Therapies for Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review

scottie — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 15:14:03 +0000

Title	Auditory Integration Training and Other Sound Therapies for Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review
Publication Type	Journal Article
Authors	Sinha Y, Silove N, Wheeler D, Williams K
Journal Title	Arch Dis Child
Year of Publication	2006
Volume	91
Issue	12
Pages	1018-1022
URL for Abstract	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16887860&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_docsum
Full Text	There is no scientific support for the use of listening therapy in people with autism. Many people with autism are sensitive to sounds and several treatments have been designed to help this: auditory integration therapy (AIT), Tomatis method, and Samonas sound therapy. This systematic review was designed to see whether these treatments help people with autism. The authors note that many different types of studies have been done and it is hard to compare the different studies. In their review, however, they did not find any sign that listening therapy works. The authors did find that it is important to keep the volume of the therapy low so as not to hurt the ears.