Re: Study Reveals Children Recover From Autism With Intensive Three-

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When you go back to the original studies done at UCLA, you will find that the recommendation for ABA is 40 hours per week. Many children are receiving far less then that. I don't care how much behavioral therapy you give a child, if their guts hurt, and their brains are starving, how in the world are they supposed to make new connections? If their CNS is telling them to stay in freeze mode and anxiety but you bypass all that to get to the top down method anyway by rewards and motivations, then how does that truly change an individual? Young children learn through their BODY not their brain. When the body gets what it needs first, then parents will see changes in all areas. Integration of reflexes, vision, auditory, vestibular and proprioceptive input comes first just as it would naturally for a newborn. Bottom up, not top down. If therapists, teachers, parents, and all involved persons did 40 hours of correct movement with the child WOW what a change that would be!

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......and another thing- most parents are worried about functioning in society. Function, Ability, Skill, Social. Every person on this list has some sort of quirky behavior! It may be not liking spicy foods, not liking loud noises, not liking crowds, going overboard with cleanliness, routine, schedule, clothing.....EVERYONE has something they do or don't do to self regulate. Making these children less obtrusive while still functioning is always the goal. Maturity can take care of some quirks but people with autism will always have to hold onto something, and that's OK! My nephew who was PDD-NOS is a perfect 2nd grader. He is in the top reading group, gets his homework done by himself, has a few friends, plays three sports and just went 20 for 20 in his machine pitched baseball league. He is the fastest kid on the team. He has outgrown SO many of his quirky behaviors but still does not like to trick or treat. That's OK. He still will not eat pasta or vegetables. That's OK. Are these things that people are going to call a spade a spade? Quirks are OK. We all have them and in fact that is how are children received them, in utero.

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I've been reading the emails and everyone has made a lot of really great points. Unfortunately for me I've been dealing with insurances for my son since he was born due to him being a preemie and now has autism. Also the cost of what treatments we can afford and the need to survive. It sucks in general for all of us. My son has mild autism but reading your posts with the child or children who are more severe than him kills me. The one thing we have in common is what the insurance is NOT covering for our kids and the out of pocket expenses we have to under take. Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®From: playparent@...Sender: sList Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 12:54:45 -0500 (EST)To: <sList >ReplyTo: sList Subject: Re: Study Reveals Children Recover From Autism With Intensive Three- When you go back to the original studies done at UCLA, you will find that the recommendation for ABA is 40 hours per week. Many children are receiving far less then that. I don't care how much behavioral therapy you give a child, if their guts hurt, and their brains are starving, how in the world are they supposed to make new connections? If their CNS is telling them to stay in freeze mode and anxiety but you bypass all that to get to the top down method anyway by rewards and motivations, then how does that truly change an individual? Young children learn through their BODY not their brain. When the body gets what it needs first, then parents will see changes in all areas. Integration of reflexes, vision, auditory, vestibular and proprioceptive input comes first just as it would naturally for a newborn. Bottom up, not top down. If therapists, teachers, parents, and all involved persons did 40 hours of correct movement with the child WOW what a change that would be!