We recently started a new therapy at The Helping House, under the capable direction of our private speech therapist. It is called The Listening Program.
The kids spend time each day working on fine motor tasks, like puzzles, or sensory tasks, like play-doh, and listed to a prescribed set of tracks on a cd. They seem to enjoy the music very much, and do not protest the headphones at all. At the very least during their listening therapy time, they are relaxed and happy, but this program seems to offer so much more than that!
This therapy is used to improve auditory processing, which is commonly a deficit in children with autism. There are reports of increased receptive and expressive language, attention, and tolerance of sensory input. I am excited to see how my students change as we use this program - I'll keep you posted!
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You know another therapy you should try? Pet therapy. I keep getting stuff on it at school and am convinced that if I bring my dog to school, she will do good things for the kids. Google it. Ha.
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