scholarly journals The effect of dance therapy on patients with mental and somatic disorders – a review of research

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-37
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Grudzińska ◽  
Paweł Izdebski
Keyword(s):  
Dance Therapy ◽  
Selection Criterion ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Reliable Assessment ◽  
Somatic Disorders ◽  
Primary Selection ◽  
Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Positive Effect

Introduction: The aim of the study is the evaluation of the effectiveness of dance therapy in patients with mental and somatic disorders, based on a review of current research, and indication of the importance of dance therapy in the treatment of psychophysical disorders, and the presentation of scientific and historical basis of this method and also of therapeutic techniques which are used. Method: The review of literature included 13 selected clinical studies on the effects of dance and movement therapy in patients with mental disorders such as depression (4), autism spectrum disorders (1) and somatic disorders (4): obesity (2) hearing impairment (1) and dementia (1), conducted in the years 2002-2015 around the whole world. Search strategy: Medline and PsycArticles databases were searched and presented research was extracted from the titles, abstracts and full texts of the publications. The primary selection criterion was the finding of dominant mental and somatic disorders, which were treated using dance therapy. As a result, a list of the most common diseases was created, and randomly selected publications on the use of dance therapy in the treatment of patients with psychophysical disorders were presented. The study was based on titles and abstracts, and then on full texts, original papers with control groups as well as other forms of research. Results: All studies have shown the positive effect of dance therapy on patients with mental and somatic disorders, as evidenced by measurements taken during and after treatment (this is discussed in detail regarding each study). Conclusion: From the presented research results, we may conclude that dance therapy is adjuvant to traditional forms of treatment in the case of mental and somatic disorders. However, there are not enough clinical trials and reports to provide clear and reliable assessment of the effectiveness of dance therapy.

Experience in the use of transcranial micro polarization in children with autism spectrum disorders

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-28
Author(s):  
Ludmila M. Kuzenkova ◽  
Anna V. Lashkova ◽  
Olga M. Konova ◽  
Tatyana G. Petelguzova
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Developmental Disorders ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
Treatment Method ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Clinical Diagnoses ◽  
Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Autistic Disorders ◽  
Positive Effect

Introduction. Autism is a disorder characterized by social interaction disorders, social-emotional reciprocity, responses to other people’s emotions, social use of speech skills, lack of modulations of behavior under the social situation, and limited interest stereotypes. The comprehensive approach using medical and psychological correction with physical methods of influence provides the best result in treating and rehabilitating children with autism. The original study examined the effects of transcranial micro polarization (TCMP) on the dynamics of autistic disorders. TCMP is a modern treatment method consisting of a directed polarizing impact of a low-power DC on specific brain areas. Materials and methods. There were observed 25 children aged from 2 years five months to 6 years with varying degrees of severity of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). For the study, three groups were identified according to the corresponding clinical diagnoses: Childhood autism, Atypical autism, and Other general developmental disorders. The vast majority of children from the first two groups had an intellectual disability of varying severity. The TCMP method was used to assess the technique’s effectiveness, the CARS diagnostic scale and the ATEK test. Results. At the end of the course, with the use of TCMP in all the analyzed groups, there was a shift towards a milder degree of autistic disorders. The most significant positive effect was recorded in children with mild forms of autism in the group of other general developmental disorders due to the initially higher level of development in this group. Conclusion. The results obtained demonstrate the effectiveness of TCMP in ASD children. According to the results of the study, the positive effect of this method was revealed in the form of reducing the severity of autistic disorders.

scholarly journals Through the Looking Glass: A Scoping Review of Cinema and Video Therapy

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Sacilotto ◽  
Gerardo Salvato ◽  
Federica Villa ◽  
Fulvia Salvi ◽  
Gabriella Bottini
Keyword(s):  
Scoping Review ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Design Procedure ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Therapy Outcomes ◽  
Specific Objective ◽  
Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Looking Glass ◽  
Objective Outcome ◽  
Positive Effect

Background: Cinematherapy and video treatments are artistic therapeutic techniques by which the individuals are exposed to their psycho-physical difficulties through the stories of the characters on the screen who are coping with the same issues that the patients are. Although these techniques are increasingly common within modern art therapies, there are neither comprehensive classifications of the different approaches nor agreement on their effectiveness. We performed a scoping review, describing different methodological approaches and outcome measures in cinematherapy and video treatments.Methodology: We searched articles in PubMed, PsycINFO and Google Scholar. We included: (i) articles in which subjects were treated for their difficulties with videos or films, (ii) articles written in English. Review articles and papers describing a research protocol without data collection were not included.Results: We analyzed 38 studies. Thirty-six reported a positive effect of the treatment. Seven studies used classical cinematherapy, adopting a qualitative approach to measure the therapy outcome. Thirty-one studies used different video treatments, 8 of which were defined as randomized controlled trials with specific objective therapy outcomes. Studies were mainly focused on behavioral and psychological difficulties in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Schizophrenia.Conclusion: Studies using video treatments more often rely upon structured experimental designs; on the contrary, those who used classical cinematherapy produced descriptive results. A more standardized methodological approach in terms of experimental design, procedure, and objective outcome measure is needed to provide evidence on the effectiveness of these techniques, promoting its application in the clinical field.

scholarly journals The Use of Art-Therapeutic Methods in the Work on the Formation of Communication Skills in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 35-42
Author(s):  
E. Artemova ◽  
D. Belosvetova
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Dance Therapy ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Sensory Modalities ◽  
Methods And Techniques ◽  
Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Experimental Group

The goal of the psychological and pedagogical experiment conducted in the academic year 2018-2019 is to determine the preferred sensory channels of preschool children with autism spectrum disorders for the development of recommendations on the use of art therapy methods and techniques in the formation of communication skills. The experimental group included 10 preschoolers from 4 to 7 years old with autism spectrum disorders. At the diagnostic stage, the degree of formation of communication skills was studied, the preferred sensory modalities were determined. All children showed a low level of development of communication skills: 2 of them had no speech, 4 of them used speech only in affectively significant situations, the rest used separate words and simple phrases for communication. According to the results of a experiment, it was determined that for 4 children the tactile channel is preferred, for 3 - visual, for 3 - audio. Recommendations are given on the use of art-therapeutic methods and techniques: for preschoolers with a predominant tactile way of perceiving - exercises with sand, for children with auditory preferences - music and dance therapy, for children with a predominant visual way of perceiving - isotherapy.

Problem behavior in autism spectrum disorders: A paradigmatic self-organized perspective of network structures

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucio Tonello ◽  
Luca Giacobbi ◽  
Alberto Pettenon ◽  
Alessandro Scuotto ◽  
Massimo Cocchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Problem Behaviors ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
The Self ◽  
Network Structures ◽  
Self Organized ◽  
Critical Equilibrium ◽  
Self Organized Criticality ◽  
Acute Agitation ◽  
Spectrum Disorders

AbstractAutism spectrum disorder (ASD) subjects can present temporary behaviors of acute agitation and aggressiveness, named problem behaviors. They have been shown to be consistent with the self-organized criticality (SOC), a model wherein occasionally occurring “catastrophic events” are necessary in order to maintain a self-organized “critical equilibrium.” The SOC can represent the psychopathology network structures and additionally suggests that they can be considered as self-organized systems.

Disfluency Characteristics Observed in Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Preliminary Report

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura W. Plexico ◽  
Julie E. Cleary ◽  
Ashlynn McAlpine ◽  
Allison M. Plumb
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Children With Asd ◽  
Young Children With Autism ◽  
Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Developmental Stuttering

This descriptive study evaluates the speech disfluencies of 8 verbal children between 3 and 5 years of age with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Speech samples were collected for each child during standardized interactions. Percentage and types of disfluencies observed during speech samples are discussed. Although they did not have a clinical diagnosis of stuttering, all of the young children with ASD in this study produced disfluencies. In addition to stuttering-like disfluencies and other typical disfluencies, the children with ASD also produced atypical disfluencies, which usually are not observed in children with typically developing speech or developmental stuttering. (Yairi & Ambrose, 2005).

Aging and Autism

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela A. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Patient Group ◽  
Older Patients ◽  
Geriatric Patients ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Communication Disorders ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Need For Support ◽  
Spectrum Disorders

In this article, I will review the available recent literature about the aging population with autism, a patient group that researchers know little about and a group that is experiencing a growing need for support from communication disorders professionals. Speech-language pathologists working with geriatric patients should become familiar with this issue, as the numbers of older patients with autism spectrum disorders is likely to increase. Our profession and our health care system must prepare to meet the challenge these patients and residents will present as they age.

Autism, AAC, and Proloquo2Go

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 137-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Sennott ◽  
Adam Bowker
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Augmentative And Alternative Communication ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Alternative Communication ◽  
Visual Supports ◽  
Digital Device ◽  
Ipod Touch ◽  
Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Communication Needs

People with ASD often need to access AAC in situations where a tabletop digital device is not practical. Recent advancements have made more powerful, portable, and affordable communication technologies available to these individuals. Proloquo2Go is a new portable augmentative and alternative communication system that runs on an iPhone or iPod touch and can be used to meet the diverse needs of individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) who are ambulatory and have difficulty using speech to meet their full daily communication needs. This article examines Proloquo2Go in light of the best practices in AAC for individuals with ASD such as symbols, visual supports, voice output, and inclusion.

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