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Thursday, December 6, 2012

Autistic Children Improve Skills with Occupational Therapy

Thursday, December 6, 2012


activities for autistic children
...SOMEONE with autism often have impaired communicate and interact with others. As a complex developmental disorder, attraction, activity and skill played with autism are also usually very limited. To correct this condition, you can try occupational therapy.

     teaching children with autism..Occupational therapists to study the growth and development of the therapy. They are experts in the areas of social, emotional and psychological influence of disease and injury. This knowledge is helping them develop the skills of people with autism to live independently.

Therapists usually work in teams involving parents, teachers, and other professionals. They help to improve the ability interact, behavior and performance of people with autism.

The therapist observed the children to see their skills in age-appropriate tasks. This can be associated with expertise in taking care of themselves, such as dressing. In addition, the therapist will record the child's everyday life in the video.

These videos are then used to study the reactions of children to the environment which then becomes a tool of analysis to measure the level of attention, play skills, response to touch or other stimuli. Includes motor skills such as posture, balance, aggression or other behavioral types as well as the interaction between the child and the caregiver.

Benefits for children
In general, therapy aims to help people with autism improve the quality of life, both at home and at school. The therapist will help to introduce, maintain, and improve their skills. In this way, people with autism are expected to live as independent as possible. This therapy helps improve the skills of people with autism in the areas of:

    Life skills, such as toilet training, dressing, brushing teeth, and other skills
    Fine motor skills needed for holding an object while writing or cutting something with scissors
    Gross motor skills used for walking or riding a bike
    Sitting, posture, or perceptual skills, such as explaining the differences between colors, shapes and sizes
    Visual skills such as reading and writing
    Play, solve problems, take care of yourself, communication and social skills


By helping skills above, people with autism can do the following things:

    Make friends and build relationships
    Learn to focus on tasks
    Learning to control the desire
    Expressing feelings in ways more appropriate
    Playing with friends
    Learn to control yourself

Are you interested? Talk with your doctor to find the right therapist referral.
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