Research summaries for autism therapy: occupational therapy (OT)

definition of occupational therapy (OT): Type of therapy that focuses on helping people with autism learn functional physical skills that involve using their muscles. These skills may include writing, riding a bike, or catching a ball. Occupational therapists may also provide sensory integration therapy to children with autism and/or sensory integration disorder.
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Integrated Play Groups, Summarized Jul 31, 2007

Integrated Play Groups (IPG) can help children with autism learn social skills.

The author describes how she uses IPGs as social therapy to engage children with autism in play. The groups include 3 "??normal"? children (expert players) and one child with autism (novice players). The IPG is offered to children aged 3-11 and is run by an occupational therapist. The expert players are at least 4 years old and are trained in advance about what to expect and how to be kind and help the child with autism. The sessions have a set pattern and often begin with a visual schedule. Read more...

With Help and Hope… Dreams Do Come True, Summarized Jul 26, 2007

This article describes the Easter Seals Therapeutic Day School in Chicago. This program treats students with autism between the ages of 3 and 21. It provides speech therapy, occupational therapy, social therapy, and more. This school is part of a larger Easter Seals program that works around the U.S. to create child-centered therapy plans and provide the therapy. The article describes how one boy with autism went through the program and then went to college where he earned a B.A. degree in liberal studies. He is now a classroom aid and mentor at Easter Seals Therapeutic Day School in Chicago. Read more...

One for Autism: A Powerful Formula for Success, Summarized Jun 28, 2007

One for Autism in San Antonio, Texas offers many therapies for autism that together help children make a great deal of progress.

This article describes an autism center called "One for Autism" that serves 180 children. The center is based on seven pillars: Passion + Hope + Support + Faith + Opportunity + Belief + Teamwork = Success. The center is run by Olga Vasquez-Silva and provides many one-on-one therapies such as behavioral therapy (Applied Behavior Analysis), occupational therapy, and speech therapy. The center targets the behaviors first so that the children are then able to learn. Thus, One for Autism is a one-stop center that makes life easier for families with autism. Read more...

Evaluation of a Pilot Clinic-Based Social Skills Group, Summarized May 17, 2007

Social skills therapy that is done in the clinic by occupational therapists and at home by parents can help children with autism make friends.

This pilot study was designed to test whether or not social skills therapy can teach children with autism to make friends, greet friends, and play. The social skills therapy was designed in Singapore and used within the clinic with trained parent support at home. Success was based upon whether or not the parents thought that the children had improved. Unfortunately, the parents watched their children only after the eight social skills therapy sessions had ended (not before). The authors report that the program did help the children learn social skills.
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Synonyms for occupational therapy (OT) include: occupation therapy, occupational, occupational therapist, occupational therapy, occupational training, OT
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