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- 8 most important things the latest clinical study teaches us about Sensory Enrichment
- 2 Sensory Enrichment techniques you can use at home to help your child with autism
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- Clinical Study of Sensory Enrichment as an Effective Treatment of Autism.
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Hello, I am an occupational therapist and I am interested in finding out more info and possible continuing education opportunities. Thank you!
Are these fruits scents produced by you, or available in the free market? If it’s available in the market please suggest a brand and where it’s available. I want to try the fruit scent and see how effective it’s for my son before signing up. Thanks for your time and help.
Hello Jhapali,
We don’t produce these scents. You can use any scent that your child would like. It can be a hand lotion, a soap, an essential oil. Our favorite scent, the one we tend to recommend to try first is strawberry.
The clinical data shows that every person has their own preferred scents, so spend time discovering what that scent is for your child. You can go on a treasure hunt around the house, looking for a scent or two that they would respond to.
You know it works when you see a change in behavior shortly after the smell.
Hi sir kim thanks a lot for your responds i really appreciate that,I plan that i have to buy different fruity scent in the mall so that it will avoid the trantrums of my son.
Sir please send me more videos of home theraphy exercises so that we can practice at home.
I am glad you found the webcast useful. We are planning more training webcasts. When they are ready we will post announcements on our site and to our newsletter subscribers. :-)
My son, Chris, is 26 years old and has been diagnosed with autistic spectrum disability shown by expressive and receptive processing problems. He loves people, but his social skills are limited and inappropriate behavior was a problem for the first 15 years of his life. He has “matured” to a more advanced, if you will, social acceptability, due mostly to being more reserved in social encounters and life experiences. I am sometimes shocked at statements he makes which shows a high level of understanding complexities in normal reasoning. On the other hand, his concept of numbers and math is almost nonexistent. Also, time and time passage is not understandable. “Yesterday” can mean yesterday or 20 years ago. He is often shown days on a calendar to help him understand when he goes to work, gas an appointment with the doctor, going to see grandma, etc.
I can see he truly wants to know more about things in his surroundings, but often has trouble verbalyzing his thoughts into coherent sentence structures. When he was younger he would engage in a question and answer session for long periods of time when his mother or I would try to figure out what he was trying to communicate. And believe me, when we did understand what he was saying, it was a relieving victory. Usually though, it had little relation, in our minds, to what was happening at that moment.
I think there’s a much higher functioning ability encased in him, but a limited ability to express his understanding of those things. He is and has been seen by a speech therapist who is teaching him word pronunciation, sentence structure and social conversation interaction. I have seen some minor improvements, but at a slow rate.
I’m concerned that his ability to progress in overcoming or minimizing his disorders is slowing due to his age. I once read an article in Time magazine that the brain stops developing at 26 years of age and is, for the most part, set in ability to process stimuli and understanding everyday occurrences.
Can your program help him or is he outside the age of gaining processing transformation?
Any response is greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Jeff Kopecky, Chris’s Dad
Hi Jeff, I am glad you reached out.
First of all, your son is not too old. The adult brain stays plastic throughout life. Yes, there are natural periods of growth during which the brain can re-model more quickly, but it is still possible to trigger the same growth mechanisms even in adulthood. We have seniors doing this therapy to treat Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, etc.
Communication and Social Skills are the #2 and #3 areas of progress where parents are reporting the most progress with this therapy. #1 is Attention Span.
Of course, everyone is different, but the odds seem to be in his favor that we would be able to communicate better and feel more comfortable and develop a better sense of self, which will help in developing more appropriate social skills.
Does Chris live with you? Would he be OK with doing two sessions a day of “silly” sensory exercises every day?
The best way to find out if he will respond well is to go for it and do the therapy for a while.
I’m not convinced that their child was autistic in the first place.
Thanku fr ur support
Encouraging!
My son have autism he does not speak or used the potty by him self but he can take his pant off and let me know when to take him,I would love to try out your programmer,but I need to know more information to see if I can afford the price,I think this could help my child he is 14yrs old.
Would you like me to put you in touch with one of our coaches? They can answer any question you may have.
Sensory Enrichment therapy can help your son develop speech and potty training. How long it would take is hard to know without knowing more. A lot of it depends on what needs to be repaired first and on what your son wants to improve first. And then functions tend to be repaired in order, but a lot of it is influenced by the environment and his interests.
Perhaps you would like to read the clinical paper, where they did a randomized clinical trial of Sensory Enrichment Therapy on children with autism? You can download the pdf right from the website of the American Psychological Association:
http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/05/autism-treatment.aspx
How long does this take?
Hi Jayme,
As you saw in the webinar, the protocols are short. The therapy takes about 10 minutes twice a day. On occasion, when your kid is making lots of progress, you may get more exercises.
The exercises are meant to act as prompts or triggers. It doesn’t take long at all to start the process. Then it’s up to the brain to complete the process on its own. The ideal is when you can give your child some downtime after the exercises. Doesn’t have to be much, maybe 30 minutes.
This is an exciting new therapy modality for me in my daily working with children on the Autism Spectrum as well as ADHD and it would seem to be me it may also work with kids with Intermittent Explosive Disorder as well. I would love to get continued updates and if you have any information on how to become trained as a therapist in this modality.
Hi Patty, We don’t have a certification program yet. I would suggest subscribing to our newsletter. We will make the announcement there when we have a program for professionals. Here is the link to subscribe: http://forms.aweber.com/form/52/1462574652.htm
Why does this have to be so expensive ? If you really cared about the children with autism you would make this affordable! I would do anything for my grandson but I can’t afford this! Stop trying to make profit over children that need help!
You will see within the first few weeks whether Mendability is a good fit. If it isn’t, you may take advantage of our offer to refund you. The button is right on your membership settings page, in the section for changing your payment method, etc.
I know that supplements and therapies cost a fortune and that it’s tough to add anything on top of all that. That’s why we partnered with TACA (http://www.tacanow.org) to provide scholarships. There is a waiting list currently, but it’s not very long.
Of note, in the clinical trials, the kids did all the standard therapies + Sensory Enrichment therapy, but there are many families who cannot access effective therapies either because of cost or because they live too far. In these cases, Mendability is all they could afford and they saw great results too.
i will like to know if you cant make it in spanish. thxs.
my daughter was diagnosed with aspbergers at the age of 16. She is now 18. Can this program help her to be more comfortable in her own skin and help to build self esteem? She has dropped out of highschool and suffers from anxiety and depression
Hi Kerri,
Yes, this is where Sensory Enrichment therapy shines, actually. Generally, for the brain, the first priority is safety and balance, and so it makes sense to us that the brain would want to try to get these kinds of things improved first. Most parents report improvements in mood, motivation, sleep, awareness, interest and ability to relax first. Then the other things start to happen, like cognitive skills, speech development, etc when these are a problem.
The concern with older kids is cooperation. Will they let you do therapy with them twice a day every day? Your coach can help you find ways to “package” the exercises to make them more engaging for her.
— Kim
I have four children 2 on the Autism spectrum, and one very hyper son. My oldest was 15 in September. He had a IQ test and scored 94 for non verbal problem solving however, verbal communication was 80, brain process was 64 and short term memory was 60. He wants to focus on Lego’s most of the time and is very good at following directions to build them and he can build just by seeing a picture. However he has a real hard time communicating with others. This year he seams frustrated most the time. Only likes loud noises he makes. He has a very hard time sharing. Since he is my oldest he is the one that concerns me the most. I feel maybe later I can try things on the others if it works on him. We don’t have much money but I have known about your program for at least 6 months and want to help him. I am the learning coach for all 4 of my children with IDVA K12 Charter School. He is at least 2 years behind his peers, maybe more and the gap keeps growing. He still has troubles with times tables. We just keep trying. I would love ideas to help him.
Hi Susan,
Does your son enjoy one-on-one mommy time? If he does, it sounds like he would be a good candidate for Sensory Enrichment therapy. :-)
Hi
I am from Iran , and I have no way to reach you for my son . I have a 22 son , nonverbal with no potty training which is so difficult for me to approch it . I don’t know how can I use your help via internet . He still walk on his toes because one of his foot is spastic and he cann’t put his foot straight on ground . Please guide me what can I do for him ?
Thank you so much
Hi Farzaneh!
I believe Sensory Enrichment therapy can help. We have used Sensory Enrichment therapy to treat spasticity as well with good success. The limbs are able to relax and movement control is greatly increased. Potty training is also possible to achieve once a few developmental milestones are reached. I don’t know enough to be able to tell, but many of our parents have reported success in that area too.
Know too that age does not seem to be a big factor with Sensory Enrichment therapy. There is a good chance you will be able to see results if you can do therapy with your son, which brings me to this point: What we have seen to be the biggest success factor is cooperation. If you can make the exercises engaging for him, then they will have the desired effect on his brain and on his recovery process. But we can work with you on that. We can help you find ways to introduce the Sensory Enrichment protocols to him that he will find engaging.
What I would like to do is have one of care team members show you a demo, so that you can see if you would be able to use the program on the internet. I will have Kushan do the demo with you. He is from Iran too and maybe you can speak Farsi together.
What is your phone number, so that we can call you? When would be a good time?