AUTISM THERAPY
the therapist will tell a story on what the object
is doing, and then after that story, the therapist
may ask the child to tell a story about that ob-
ject. The good thing about Autistic Touch Ther-
apy is that the therapist can conduct sessions
in an office or at a client’s house. After the first
touch therapy session with the child, the ther-
apist might give the parents some information
on the activities completed together so they
can work with the child later, especially if the
child isn’t sleeping well.
2.
the Son-Rise Program, horse therapy, music
therapy, and even yoga, that will help an au-
tistic child. If you want to learn more, feel free
to contact me and I will try to explain in more
detail. It is my mission and goal in life to help
my community in any way that I can.
Tibetan Singing Bowls
Tibetan Singing Bowls are known to be the old-
est and most natural form of healing to man.
The bowls work through vibrations which has
a calming effect on the nervous system and
can travel deep into our body to penetrate the
bones. We get a healing effect from the vibra-
tions that a therapist could never get from his/
her hands. Some of the benefits of the Tibetan
Bowls are stress reduction through deep relax-
ation and endorphin release. They are said to
liberate emotional traumas locked within the
subconscious, activating self-healing mecha-
nisms within the body, promote deeper sleep,
and provide relief from headache, fatigue, in-
somnia, digestive disorders, joint or muscle
aches, menstrual disorders, and emotional
imbalances. A typical session for a child with
autism lasts for about 30 minutes, and just like
the autistic touch therapy, the therapist will
get to know the child and his/her family first,
and will let the child see the bowls and feel
the vibration of them to see if he/she wants to
participate. If that child wants a bowl session
done, then the therapist would ask if he/she
just wants to feel the vibration while the bowls
are tapped or if he/she want the therapist to
put the bowls on him/her. A bowl session can
also be done along with Autistic Touch Thera-
py. Of course, parents will remain in the room
for this therapy as well.
As you can see, these two therapies may ben-
efit your child with autism along with an ABA,
OT, and speech therapy session. A Tibetan Bowl
session or an Autistic Touch Therapy session
can be done before a child sees his/her regular
therapist to help him/her calm. There are many
different types of autistic therapies including
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Resources:
International Academy of Sound Healing at:
iash.in/sound_therapy.html
Autistic Touch Therapy Manual
Meredith Siskron is from Shreveport,
Louisiana where she is an autistic
touch therapist, childcare specialist,
certified children yoga instructor, a li-
cense massage therapist, water aero-
bics instructor, Tibetan Singing Bowl Sound Healer,
and a children fitness instructor. She grew up know-
ing she had a learning disability. It wasn’t until she
was into her mid to late 20s that she was finally di-
agnosed with a form of autism called PDD-NOS or
Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise
Specified.
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