Relationship Development Intervention
Posted by Suhas Shingade on January 11, 2012
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elationship Development Intervention
Relationship development intervention (RDI) is an intervention therapy that addresses the core deficits of autism - dynamic thinking and social communication.
Does your child experience the world like you do?
Posted by Dror Schneider on November 10, 2011
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our sensitive child may experience the world differently. A few things you can do to minimize conflict and misunderstanding.
The Tomatis Method
Posted by Lindsay Swain on September 6, 2011
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n overview of The Tomatis Method written by Occupational Therapist Valerie DeJean.
Music Therapy for Special Needs Children
Posted by Karen Hook on August 22, 2011
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usic Therapy utilizes music as a tool to help accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship. As a Registered Music Therapist with a Master's Degree in Special Education, I use music to restore, maintain and improve specific skills. I typically target the development of cognitive, motor, perceptual, social and communication skills.
EEG Bio feedback
Posted by Vani Kumar on August 12, 2011
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EG Biofeedback is a learning strategy that enables persons to alter their brain waves. When information about a person's own brain wave characteristics is made available to him, he can learn to change them. You can think of it as exercise for the brain.
Vojta Therapy
Posted by Vani Kumar on August 11, 2011
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n the years fifty, in Czechoslovakia, Vaclàv Vojta, a neurologist concerned by the motor rehabilitation, began the long way from the first empirical attempts to the current therapeutic concept. This evolution has continued in Germany where V. Vojta had emigrated in1968.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBO):
Posted by Vani Kumar on August 11, 2011
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yperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is an A.M.A. recognized medical treatment which enhances the body's natural healing process by inhalation of 100% oxygen in a total body chamber where atmospheric pressure is increased and controlled.
Magnetic Therapy (Magnetic Molecular Energizing Method)
Posted by Vani Kumar on August 11, 2011
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ME is a treatment method that consists of the application of high (3000 to 5000 gauss) direct current fields. An MME device consists of two very large and strong electromagnets with the patient lying in a focal point between the two electromagnets.
Felden Krais
Posted by Vani Kumar on August 11, 2011
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he Feldenkrais Method, a unique approach to movement reeducation, focuses on how movement is organized by the neuromuscular system. The Method teaches better use of your entire body, and reduces unnecessary stress and strain, so you move with greater ease, comfort, and coordination.
Medek
Posted by Vani Kumar on August 11, 2011
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EDEK is a therapeutic intervention for the development of gross motor skills in children with movement disorders.