Sensory Integration Disorder: Autistic

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2012年10月3日星期三

Swing Therapy For Autistic Children

Most of us have no problem combining all our senses. For autistic children (and grownups) however, it's a mighty challenging task. Processing stimuli from the senses of sight, smell, sound, touch, taste, balance and body is overwhelming. Those suffering from autism will often withdraw to avoid over stimulation, or try to sort out the input from their senses with self-developed soothing mechanisms and repetitive behaviours.

A significant amount of occupational therapy for autism focuses on sensory integration through specially designed programs. Some of the greatest tools for sensory integration therapy for autism type disorders are various types of swings. People with various autism spectrum disorders such as Autism, PDD, ADHD, Asperger's, proprioceptive dysfunction and tactile defensiveness will benefit from using swings as part of their therapy.

Additionally, children and adults with Sensory Processing Disorders (also called Sensory Integration Disorders), especially those with proprioceptive or vestibular dysfunction, should definitely have swings or therapy hammocks as a crucial element of their treatment.

The benefits of the hammock can be two-fold. Children who find the smooth, swaying motion soothing, will relax and unwind while using it. However, children who have a vestibular dysfunction will feel uneasy while in the hammock and might initially protest its use. For them, hammock therapy is more about regaining equilibrium and learning to tolerate vestibular stimuli.

The motion of swinging restores balance to the vestibular system, provides proprioceptive input (deep pressure) and generally helps autistic-spectrum children feel more "in balance". The soothing motion of swinging soothes, relaxes and increases concentration. Children who have trouble focusing on tasks such as reading or math, might find it easier to concentrate sitting in a hammock chair, their bodies engaged in a soothing motion.

Setting up a swing in the home is easy and does not require a large investment. A hammock, hammock chair, hanging bag or a therapy platform swing are all relatively inexpensive, easy to find and do not take up a lot of room. Making a platform swing out of a hammock is an easy do-it-yourself project, with instructions available in our blog. Put one in the child's room, playroom or family room for a retreat or a therapy corner for an autistic child.

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2012年8月28日星期二

Sensory Activities for Autistic Children

Autism, a disorder that creates behavioral, social, and communication challenges, exists within the Autism Spectrum group of disorders. Autism can affect the child's ability to integrate input coming from different senses. Sensory integration therapy can help a child by stimulating and challenging all of his or her senses. Some sensory activities for autistic children can also help a child learn to tolerate different tactile experiences. In addition, the children can learn to have fun while being creative.

Some autistic kids are overly sensitive to touch; some prefer touching and stroking soft, smooth items for hours. Many children with ASD cannot tolerate the feel of new clothes, or scratchy textiles. Still others pat and explore the faces of their caregivers.

Some sensory activities for autistic children include rubbing or stroking their skin with different textures. Use firm pressure to stimulate the deep pressure receptors and to avoid exciting the nervous system. Other ways of encouraging building tolerance to rough or scratchy textiles can include play with sandpaper shapes and letters, or plastic or wooden blocks with raised letters. Create a sensory board with clippings of all different types of fabric and other materials that are made up of different textures: sandpaper, string, smooth glass, corduroy, aluminum foil that's been crinkled up and then straightened out, and cardboard.

Another sensory activity to have the child perform is to play with colored rice. This project is both tactile and artistic; the goal is to help build tolerance to different textures while creating a work of art, which makes it a favorite of many sensory activities for autistic children. Take one cup of dry white rice, one teaspoon of rubbing alcohol, a medium-sized bowl and a spoon, aluminum foil or waxed paper, and three to four drops of food coloring. Use the rice:rubbing alcohol:food coloring ratio for each color you'd like. Put the rice in the bowl, add the rubbing alcohol, and drip on the food coloring, making sure to stir well between each drop. When the rice is the intensity you like, spread it onto the foil or waxed paper and allow it to dry. Repeat it with the other colors. To make art with the rice, have the child draw a picture or word onto card stock or bristol board, then trace the image or word with white glue, one section at a time. The child can drizzle the colored rice onto the glue. As with many sensory activities for autistic children, some kids may become overwhelmed if they have too much colored rice at once. Try placing a small amount of rice into a small paper cup and refill as necessary.

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2012年7月20日星期五

Sensory Activities for Autistic Children

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2012年4月16日星期一

Obsessive And Repetitive Actions In Autistic Patients

For unexplained reasons, autistic children show obsessions to particular objects, sometimes even a strange kind of attachment towards them, and act by repetitive senseless actions. Their repetitive behavior has been given more potential explanation; some scientists see it as an attempt to maintain stability in their own world, others say it is an essay to use their well developed functions or on the contrary to develop a lower function.

This strange repetitive behavior also limits their imaginative play options. Normally developed children like to pretend they are someone else and give a toy many other uses. But autistics do not like to pretend or play with toys, they simply smell, analyze and touch it continuously for several hours.

Autism impedes children to create an objective and real opinion of the world as they cannot use their senses in a beneficial way. Sensor perceptions like seeing, hearing or touching create a disturbed even painful sensation for the autistic child and lead to confusion. Information collected by all senses never merges into a coherent picture that might help them perceive a normal reality. The causes of these problems seem to be disturbed signals that get to the brain or on the other hand a wrong integration of the sensory signals. Most accepted theory is the contribution of both pathological variants to the autistic disorder.

As a result to a disturbed brain function, autistics receive signals like smells, light or sound as painful. Many are bothered by the touch of the clothes on their skin and cannot concentrate on anything else and others resist cuddling as a damaging action. Gentle hugs are overwhelming for them and they resist any affection attempt. Sounds caused by vacuum cleaner, telephone, airplane or wind evoke screams and the children cover their years.

Scientists believe their hearing level is turned on maximum and they hear any slow sound at super loud level. This is the reason for them ignoring sounds and acting like deaf in spite of their normal hearing sense. The brain is also unable to equilibrate sensations in a realistic way so they ignore extreme cold or pain but react aggressively to perfectly normal things. A simple light can provoke hysteria while breaking an arm can pass unnoticed. Sometimes senses are scrambled inside their brain and they hear a sound while being touched or when seeing a certain texture or color.

Maybe in order to compensate their many difficulties and defaults, some autistic patients have extraordinary abilities like drawing three-dimensional realistic pictures at a very young age, or begin to read perfectly at the age of two. Other children can play an instrument they have never heard before, remember exact dates, being able to perform rapidly very complex operations names and numbers, sing a song they have only heard once and memorize entire books or television series. But such intelligence skills are very rare encountered.

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2012年2月13日星期一

Can a Child Display Autistic Traits and Still Not Be Autistic?

With it featuring so heavily in the media (and rightly so) a fear that many parents hold is the possibility that their child or children may be diagnosed with autism. However, before jumping to conclusions should you observe some symptoms or traits of autism in your child, it is important to get a professional diagnosis and to look carefully into that diagnosis to make certain that there isn't something else causing the autistic behaviors to occur. There are a number of other health problems and disorders that are commonly misinterpreted and misdiagnosed as autism.

Misdiagnoses of autism can occur among the various autism spectrum disorders, or it can be connected to a completely unrelated condition. Parents should make sure to share all observations and considerations with the child's doctor so that possible alternate diagnoses the appropriate attention.

There are five conditions within the autism spectrum, and each of them can easily be mistaken for another. These are:

1. Rett's Syndrome - this is a condition found only in girls which was discovered back in 1966. It is currently believed by scientists that this is not an inherited condition, but is the result of a random genetic mutation. Symptoms of Rett's Syndrome do not become apparent in babies until 6 to 18 months of age. When Rett's Syndrome starts to become apparent, the development of the baby begins to slow and their heads no longer grow in a normal way. Normal speech does not develop and repetitive hand movements, unusual walking patterns, and torso shaking begin. Children with Rett's Syndrome also frequently experience seizures, breathing problems, rigid muscles, retarded growth, and other health issues.

2. Childhood Disintegrative Disorder - this disorder almost always occurs in boys, and is extremely rare. Until the age of about 42 months, the child appears to be normal, but a dramatic linguistic and social skill loss then occurs. The child may also start experiencing seizures and lose bladder and bowel control. Typically, these children experience low intellectual development. CDD is the easiest of the autism spectrum disorders for doctors to diagnose.

3. Autism - Autism itself is often referred to as Classic Autism, Kanner's Autism, or Early Infantile Autism. Until its recognition in the 1940's, children with autism had been diagnosed as emotionally disturbed or mentally retarded. Autistic children show many different kinds of symptoms that also occur in other physical and mental disorders, making it easy to misdiagnose. Among them are issues with sensory integration and information processing, leading to a series of different kinds of behaviors.

4. Asperger's Syndrome - Asperger's Syndrome children are frequently mistaken for children with high-functioning autism. The syndrome does not typically present itself until after three years of age, as these children tend not to show any issues with language acquisition and use. Instead, they commonly form extreme interests in narrow subjects, and are often known for frequent (though not universal) ability to recite full book texts or movie lines, as well as a seemingly endless line of trivial facts. Some autism-like traits may present themselves, such as the desire for a strict routine, a struggle with social interactions and communication, and an inclination toward repetitive behaviors. Some also struggle with vocal control.

5. Pervasive Development Disorder (Not Otherwise Specified) - PDD/NOS symptoms are difficult to classify. This portion of the autism spectrum is essentially used as a "catch-all" diagnosis for children who present symptoms of autism that cannot be contained by the other four autism spectrum disorders.

Beyond the autism spectrum disorder, other disorders and health problems that can often cause children to display autistic traits - though they don't actually have autism - are:

- Deafness or hearing loss - children who have a difficulty hearing may have impaired social responses, causing them to behave in ways similar to some autistic behaviors.

- Schizophrenia - though some symptoms of this disorder are similar to those of autism, schizophrenia normally presents much later in life than autism.

- Language delay, language disorder, or speech delay - children with linguistic disorders and delays can experience social impairments as a result of their inability to express themselves.

- Developmental delay or mental retardation - behaviors of developmentally delayed or mentally retarded children frequently mimic those of autistic children, but for completely different reasons. Before the discovery of autism as a disorder many autistic children were regarded as mentally retarded.

As there are so many different symptoms of autism and the disorder never presents the same way from person to person, it is easy to misdiagnose disorders both inside and outside the spectrum as being autism. This is especially prevalent among the various autism spectrum disorders.

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2012年2月12日星期日

Swing Therapy For Autistic Children

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2012年2月7日星期二

Treating Autistic Children - 5 Time-tested Alternative Methods

As more research is done on autism, a brain development disorder, doctors and researchers are finding alternative ways to treat it. Medication used to be the only recourse and can have nasty side effects. Parents are looking for different, natural ways to treat their autistic children.

There have been some alternative methods in treating autism that are more common than others. Some work alone while others are used in combination. There is no telling which method will work best for your child. Speak with your doctor to learn about alternative treatments for autistic children.

1. Music Therapy: Autistic children have been found to respond to music in a number of ways. Sometimes the music makes them happy and they want to move around, helping with their motor skills. Other times children sing along to the words of the song, helping with speech therapy. This has been seen in children who do not even talk. Music therapy is a natural way to help autistic children.

2. Sensory Integration: Everyone, autistic or not, has a certain smell that reminds them of something happy. Or the touch of a certain cloth will invoke specific feelings. This holds true for some autistic children as well. Researchers have been using sensory skills to get autistic children to react. The autistic children rely more on their hearing, touch, taste and smell to understand and communicate. This is also used to calm autistic children down by using specific odors or textures.

3. Nutritional: An autistic child's diet can have an effect on the way they react. There have many different diets that doctors have been using. Some of the popular diets are gluten-free, which is no wheat products, or removing dairy from the diet. Certain ingredients in foods make autistic act out or have bad reactions. Learn what they are and eliminate them from your child's diet.

4. Omega 3: Omega 3 is a fatty acid that has been found to have health benefits, which includes better sleep patterns, better social skills and better general health. All of these are positive attributes to a child with autism. While you can buy Omega 3 at many nutritional stores, discuss with your doctor the benefits of trying Omega 3 in your autistic child's diet. Omega 3 and other essential fatty acids are needed in a child's normal growth pattern. However, no major studies have been done on the benefits of fish oil for autistic children.

5. Play Therapy: Play therapy works well because it doesn't feel like work. Autistic children are in a more relax atmosphere and have a chance to react naturally. When a therapist begins playing with the autistic child, this will give the therapist and the child a chance to bond. The child will learn to trust the therapist through playing and make the sessions easier. By helping to create bonds through playing, autistic children can learn to play well other children their own age.

Good treatment plans may use some of these alternatives along with medication or you can try them out before resorting to medication. Every child is different, so some of the alternatives therapies could work well for one autistic patient while not work for another. Don't get discouraged if it doesn't work for your child. Just look for ways to keep your child happy while giving your child the best care.

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2012年1月27日星期五

Nutrition and Your Autistic Child

It seems like common sense that a well nourished child is a happier child. Many parents have noticed moody or cranky behavior in their young children before meal time or after school when they arrive home hungry. For an Autistic child, however, who may not be able to accurately communicate his or her needs, this hunger may go unnoticed. Or they may not want to eat and may have many food aversions. For these reasons, integrating nutrition therapy into treatment for children with autism is critical.

In many cases, nutrition is not an integral part of overall therapy at diagnosis. Yet many parents who eventually seek out this information on their own, are getting nutrition information from questionable sources. Some parents may not take nutrition therapy into consideration at all.

Autism is complex and involves a spectrum of challenging behaviors, so it is natural for both parents and caregivers to initially focus directly on controlling those behaviors. In many cases, the health care team includes a physician, occupational therapist, speech therapist and behavior therapist; but does not include a registered dietitian to provide nutrition therapy. What is interesting is that almost all autistic children have nutritional deficiencies, food intolerance, or gastrointestinal disorders that often are not thoroughly addressed. While studies involving the significance of the effect nutrition status has in the management of autism are preliminary, there is good reason to consider filling this gap in treatment.

The goal of nutrition therapy in autism is to support the structure and function of the child's brain and body to perform at their optimal level and to maximize the child's brain function so that the response to other treatment is enhanced. Proper nutrition therapy should include a comprehensive nutrition assessment and also address feeding problems, any gastrointestinal problems, or need for vitamin and mineral supplementation.

Imagine a child who has difficulty communicating his or her needs, feeling uncomfortable every time he eats due to unknown food sensitivities or intolerance. This sends a negative message to avoid those foods or avoid eating all together. Children with food allergies are at higher risk for nutrition-related problems and decreased growth, but children with autism are more negatively affected due to their problems with sensory integration dysfunction.

Allergy symptoms may include hives, coughing, eczema, nausea, diarrhea, constipation, gastrointestinal reflux, watery eyes, nasal congestion or sneezing. To determine which foods are problematic, an "Elimination/Challenge Diet" is applied. Once problem foods are removed from the diet, the discomfort is resolved, and the child becomes more open to mealtime. A well-nourished child is a better-behaved child. In many cases, children who undergo nutrition assessment and treatment, have a formed bowel movement for the first time in his or her life. Imagine how eliminating this discomfort helps a child!

Many autistic children may also have a subclinical nutrition deficiency. This is a deficiency of a particular vitamin, mineral, or essential fatty acid that is not severe enough to produce a classic deficiency symptom, but rather has more global, subtle effects that result in loss of optimal health and impairment of body processes. These subclinical deficiencies can cause irritability, poor concentration, depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances or loss of appetite. While it is best to determine which vitamin or mineral the child may be deficient in, minimally a standard multi-vitamin and mineral supplement is recommended. Look for supplements that have the USP label on them, and those that are free of colors, allergens or artificial flavors to eliminate any possible food intolerance issues. Using liquid forms that can be mixed into favorite foods (such as applesauce, yogurt, juices, or sherbet) is one strategy for children who have difficulty chewing or swallowing vitamins. Asking a pharmacist to compound a multivitamin and mineral supplement that is age appropriate is another option.

In addition to the multivitamin/mineral, omego-3 fatty acids have been shown to be helpful as well. Numerous studies indicate that Omega-3 fatty acids are deficient in those who have ADHD, Dyslexia and Dyspraxia. Abnormalities in fatty acid metabolism may account for many features common in these conditions. There is some preliminary evidence that it is also deficient in children with autism. For children ages seven and older, 650 milligrams per day of an Omega-3 that provides both EPA and DHA is recommended. For children four to six years of age, 540 milligrams per day is recommended, and for children aged one to three, 390 milligrams per day is needed.

Much more research is needed in the area of nutrition and autism, but clearly nutrition is a key piece of the treatment puzzle that is often missing. Speak with your health care team about a thorough nutrition assessment for your autistic child.

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2012年1月17日星期二

Learning Autistic Training Methods Can Greatly Reduce Your Child's Symptoms

Learning autistic training methods and techniques to teach children with autism has always been an increasingly big challenge for health professionals, educators and families. Only through the difficult way of trial and error, that a great deal of what is known about learning how children with autism was learned. It was only recently that psychiatric, educational and medical professionals were able to diagnose it, and even now, they are frequently sharply divided on the most suitable treatment. A lot of things have been learned and now there are many effective approaches, methods, tools and strategies that can aid you in giving your child the opportunity to have a better chance of a better life.

How Do Children with Autism Learn?

How your child with autism learns, is something you first need to understand before teaching him/her. Parents learning autistic problems in their children such as language, cognitive skills, social skills, and communication in general can be overcome with appropriate training and teaching. These challenges are the reasons why a child learning autistic structured environment that specifically caters to their sensory sensitivity and daily routine, through imitation, and visual aids can improve quite dramatically in many cases. A very effective way to help your child learn is by combing visual aids with actual demonstration.

Some of the children with the autism spectrum disorder are able develop their social skills and begins to accept social interactions, when they are encouraged to play games that allow them to interact with other children. Anxiety and confusion can be prevented by a well structured environment and it also makes a child with the disorder become more open to learning, feel secure and comfortable.

Treatment Approaches, Methods, Tools & Techniques Used to Teach Children with Autism

To deal with the challenges of autism, different methods of treatment have been developed. These current interventions have been proven to be effective and helpful when teaching a child with autism. They are the following:

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)

Relationship Development Intervention

Cognitive Skills Training

Conversational and Pragmatic Language Therapy

Reading Therapy

Socialization Skills Development

The Greenspan Approach

Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children

Picture Exchange Communication System

Sensory Integration Therapy

Developmental, Individual Difference Floor-time (DIR Floor-time)

Inclusion/Mainstreaming/Integration

Facilitated Communication (using portable computers)

Daily Life Therapy

Each approach that is listed above is often times used simultaneously with at least one other approach, and they constantly change and adapt to the needs of the growing child with the autism spectrum disorder.

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2012年1月6日星期五

Is There an Oversight That Autistic Children With a General Education May Experience Setbacks?

While many schools try to integrate children with learning challenges into the mainstream classroom, autistic children with a general education could experience setbacks because of the environment in school. A classroom not suited to autistic behaviors and teachers or students not understanding disorder characteristics could hinder the learning ability of an autistic student.

An inclusion school environment can be successful if teachers have experience and training in autistic education. Not having the proper training could lead to setbacks in an autistic child's verbal and nonverbal communication development, sensory processing, social interaction and imaginative or creative play.

Because autism affects non disordered pupils with habits stressful to others, teachers need to help all students adapt by using different techniques based on the needs of the autistic child. Because autistic children have habits, such as repetitive behavior or sudden outbursts for no reason, a classroom needs to be flexible in order to conform to an individual's learning needs and be capable of addressing behavioral issues in a calm and understanding, yet disciplinary, manner.

Mainstream schools with successful autism inclusion rely on visual aids, structure and routine to ensure that there are no setbacks later in life for an autistic student. In addition, by pairing an autistic child with a traditional student, an autistic student's socialization improves through peer interaction and anxiety is reduced. With a well rounded education, the autistic student will be able to conduct daily living needs and function in society as an adult.

While most people rely on two or three learning styles, autistic students use only one style of learning. Because autistic children have different learning styles than traditional students, a dual curriculum is necessary in certain general education areas. Otherwise, the autistic child will be unable to process the information being taught. Autistic children whose learning style is not being met can cause disruptive behavior, such as running around in the classroom or not listening to the teacher. In these situations, a classroom may not be suited for autistic learning.

If teaching styles in a mainstream school cannot be adapted, then a school that is tailored towards the autistic student is the best option. The school environment and teachings will be better geared to the student and there will be no issues with not understanding the behaviors of the disorder.

However, there are pros and cons when comparing an inclusion school to an autistic needs tailor made school. While autistic students can learn from other students, a general education could cause setbacks if educators fail to modify their teaching styles to accommodate autistic students. However, a school tailored only to autism shelters autistic children and prevents them from learning societal challenges among others without the disorder.

While the debate continues to ask whether a general education can cause setbacks, it is known that a proper education for an autistic student requires a nurturing environment that allows the individual to feel comfortable in learning. By doing so, autistic students will be able to find their talents and succeed in life.

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2011年12月7日星期三

Integrate Your Autistic Child With Encouragement

I have learned from my brother who has his disorder of autism, that he and our family needed to be integrated in our community with encouragement. In addition, our family could not do it on our own. We needed additional help for all of us to understand how to function in the community as a family and individually.

When our family was able get together for holidays to do fun things, my brother was encouraged to be part of activities and be integrated, as well. He had to learn his boundaries and the boundaries of others.

You will want to take into consideration or ask questions, if your child should go to a park and play with other children? Go to a restaurant to eat with the family, friends and relatives? Go on trips or overnight special events? Go shopping or to a mall? etc.

Is your child going to display temper tantrums, have other behavior disorders that will make it difficult for he or she to be integrated? If this becomes a problem, your child may have to learn social skills on how to handle new interactions with different places and people.

There are tips and steps you might want to consider to take, to help your child and you to be integrated with encouragement and be part of the community. For example:

* Talk to your child. Make a list of what your child likes to do and does not want to do.

* What are his or her interests?

* What are the places he or she would like to visit?

* Does your child have confidence and knowledge to understand where and what the plans are?

* If your child does not understand what the plans are, will you be able to explain them to him or her so they understand?

* Are you as parent(s), caregiver(s), able to communicate what the needs are for your child to be integrated?

* To complete an activity, will you be able to teach your child how it is accomplished?

* What about the environment for your child? Is it positive, is it stressful, is it relaxing?

* Will there be loud noises, bright flashing lights that can create sensory problems?

* Are you willing to check out the areas for your child before you arrive, to know what is expected?

* Is there going to be a lot of walking? Is your child able to walk long distances or even short distances without conflict?

Communicate with other people in your community. Find out who your child will be interacting with and where that will take place. Keep in mind the strengths and weaknesses of your child. Never push or force your child into some activity your child will not like or do.

These are some of the questions and concerns you will want to consider before trying to introduce your child to integration in your community.

You as parent(s), caregiver(s) have the responsibility to take charge of your child and understand how imperative it is for your child to be integrated in your community with encouragement.

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