collection methods of autism treatment

Autism is not such a verdict that is not negotiable. There are a number of therapies that can be done. According to Melly Budhiman, Chairman of the Foundation for Autism Indonesia, the expedited handling of people with autism, the better the results will be. Therapy is done early can relieve the symptoms that commonly occur in children with autism, until finally the child is able to align with his friend who was born normal.

There are various therapies. However, therapy for people with autism typically vary, depending on individual needs. When the therapy and its success is not the same. The participation of parents diligently repeat therapy at home, the level of intelligence of children, as well as light or severity of autism will be very influential. Here are some kind of therapy is often done.

Occupational Therapy

People with autism generally have difficulty interacting with the surrounding environment. Not only that, they also do not know how to complete the work associated with daily activities. In fact, for normal children, a job like that it's easy to do.

This problem arises because people with autism usually have impaired motor skills. To develop fine motor skills, occupational therapy is one way out.

There are some exercises to do, among other exercises concentrate up small items (meronce) involving the brain, eyes and hands together. To train the motor hand, people with autism are taught how to hold pencils, pens, or spoon it right. On this therapy, usually taught well doing daily activities (daily living activity) such as how to wear a hat, shoes, and clothes. Also how to eat and drink without help from others, to distinguish objects that are rough and smooth, as well as train your sense of smell like smell or fragrance.

Speech Therapy

It's no secret, people with autism develop the ability to speak very slowly. When their peers are good at storytelling, children with autism are usually very difficult to speak even a word. Even if finally went, they heard a voice from the lips of a strange and often as a murmur that is difficult to understand.

With speech therapy, speech of children with autism to be boosted. Those who have successfully undergone this therapy will easily converse. There are even some language skills of children with autism are above normal kids her age.

There are a number of exercises to be done: clap your hands with a different rhythm, imitating vocal sounds, imitate the words and sentences, nouns and learn about nature, responding to the sounds of the environment and learn to set it apart, organs develop articulation skills, learn a variety of expression that represents the feelings (sad, happy, anxious, sick, and angry), crying, practicing nod to say "yes", shook his head for "no", etc., are also learning to string words, phrases, and sentences. For a tool, usually used pictures or objects.

Behavior Therapy

Adherence is one of the difficulties often experienced by people with autism. Behavioral therapies include various things. For example, are taught how to sit quietly with hands folded on the table. Usually the therapist will use the command line rather hard to make children concentrate. People with autism are more immersed in his own world and, therefore, will be invited to communicate with others, including through eye contact.

One popular method to teach behavior therapy is Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) or often called the Lovaas method. Adopted from the name of the inventor, the new method is applied in Indonesia around 1997. With the characteristics of structured, focused, and measurable, this method facilitates the parents monitor their children's development.

The material taught include paired objects such as cups and plates to identify objects around. For example, the patient is asked to pick the object named by the therapist as well as doing work that was ordered. In addition, academic knowledge taught in a simple level, for example, learn to recognize letters and numbers.

This model also teach children with autism to focus attention and socializing with his friends, two things very difficult for the patient.

Physiotherapy

People with autism usually have impaired the gross motor, fine motor apart. Problems that often arise between the other children could not walk with her feet dug into the floor (walking on tiptoe). Children with autism also often difficult to imitate the movement of the therapist demonstrated, for example, play a hand, foot, or head. To fix this, can be applied physiotherapy.

Form of physical exercise therapy include exercises to strengthen muscles, stretching (stretching), a massage in the areas of muscle tension, and balance exercises.

Implementation is different for each patient, depending on the problem. There is an autistic child who is hyperactive or otherwise be too quiet and too lazy to move.

Water Therapy

People with autism are generally afraid of water. Whereas exercise performed in the pool can help restore the physical condition of people with autism faster than on land. Therefore, the pressure in the water help tighten the muscles, especially in the arms and legs.

Movements performed mostly similar to physiotherapy, including exercises and stretching. If the patient is able to overcome the fear of being in the water, the exercise will proceed with the basic movements of swimming.

Music Therapy

Undeniably, the music is a miracle. Not only fascinating for those who are born normal, music can be one tool of therapy.

Music therapy can be used as a tool to break the deadlock on the child's communication. Music is a powerful tool for developing sound sensitivity and boost language skills in children. In addition, this therapy can break down the walls that seemed to separate the children with their environment and teach children to socialize.

Methods that include introducing music through the sound or song. Furthermore, the child will imitate the song playing and make a move like in the song. This method can improve the function of stimulating the senses of hearing and speaking abilities.

Medical Therapy

In practice, this therapy can not be done without the supervision of an authorized physician. The provision of drugs or high doses of vitamins should not be arbitrary. Therefore, the impact will occur in every patient with autism is different. Therapy depends on the disturbance.

There are several symptoms that should be eliminated by administering the drugs, that is when children are too hyperactive, hurting yourself and others (aggressive), damage, and difficulty sleeping. Even so, it should be kept in mind, the drug is not to cure but to relieve symptoms alone.

Vitamin B (B6 and B15) in high doses can cause some children a positive impact. As for the drugs commonly used antidepressant drugs that can increase the amount of serotonin in the brain.

Diet Therapy

Adjust your diet is an important matter that must be performed on patients. There are some foods to avoid, among other snacks containing gluten, casein, and other substances as a flavor enhancer (MSG), food dyes, synthetic sugar, and yeast used for fermentation of food.

Gluten is a protein derived from cereals such as wheat flour, barley, and oats, as well as foods made ​​from refined flour such as noodles, bread, and pastries.

Casein is a protein derived from animal milk and processed products such as cheese, sour milk, and butter. Instead, can be prepared from soy milk, potatoes, almonds, and others.