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Sensory Sensitivities and Autism
Often, sensory sensitivities in children with autism cause very young children to protect themselves from what they, because of their heightened sensory sensitivity, perceive as excessive stimulation. This is especially true when that perceived excessive stimulation comes from other people, even if those other people are the autistic child’s parents or caregivers. Maybe the child…
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Should Language Goals be Prioritized for Children with Communication Delays, like ASD?
While speech and language are very important tools that can help us effectively communicate, language is not the only type of human communication. Research has determined that 70%-93% of our communication is non-verbal (Mehrabian A. Silent messages: a wealth of information about nonverbal communication (body language) 2016 http://www.kaaj.com/psych/smorder.html). While there is still a debate about…
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Should parents wait to see if their child becomes autistic before intervening?
Discussion: For a parent who suspect their child may be delayed, it’s hard to know how early to intervene. A child’s speed or level of development is not always easy to determine, but you don’t necessarily need to pinpoint it to improve it. Turn the observations that concern you into action. Dr. Greenspan tells us,…
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Study Conclusion: Use Floortime for Early Autism Intervention
The outcomes indicate the effectiveness of Floortime as a method for early intervention of children with autism. In their chapter “Early Intervention of Autism: A Case for the Floortime Approach,” child development scholars Rubina Lal and Rakhee Chhabria conclude with the following: Early intervention is very important for enhancing the development of infants and toddlers…
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Study Finds Floortime Helps Preschool Kids with Autism
This randomized control trial, the gold standard for research studies, found that after only 3 months of using Floortime at home, these preschool kids with autism (ASD), showed significant improvement in every area measured by the study!