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Autistic Children’s Improved After Touch Therapy
Twenty-two autistic pre-school children were randomly assigned to a touch
therapy or touch control group.
Following one month of eight 15-minute sessions (twice per week), changes
were noted in all children including a decrease in touch aversion and off-task
behavior. The touch therapy children also showed fewer autistic behaviors during
classroom observation, their teachers assigned them better Autism Behavior
Checklist scores (sensory, relating and total scale scores). And they performed
better on the Early Social Communications Scales (joint attention, behavior
regulation, social and initiating behaviors).
The children who received touch therapy were fully clothed and their entire
body was rubbed using moderate pressure and smooth stroking movements on each of
the following areas: head and neck, arms/legs, torso, legs/feet. Note: touch was
not delivered by a RMT but by a volunteer student.
Field T, Lasko D, Mundy P, Henteleff T, Kabat S, Talpins S,
Dowling M; Touch Research Institute, University of Miami Medical School Miami,
Florida.
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