Guest guest Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 We have been doing this with my son for about 2 months now and have seen good results from it. For him, it seems to help ground him a little more (less aimless wandering, more focussed, etc). And he has been less defensive when strange sounds are present. He still covers his ears, but it is not usually accompanied by a tantrum. When we first started it, we did see an increase in aggressive behavior, which apparently is not uncommon. Our therapist said we might see things like a change in bowel movements, increased sleepiness, increased perseveration, but then it decreases. Just a word of warning! You have to do this in conjunction with a therapist who can supervise it. Also, it is a time committment at home. We have just gotten consistent with doing it once a day at home. Text book would be twice a day. The $ part of it is that the headphones are $150 and the CD's are $40 a piece. Our therapist said we should expect to use one cd for three months, then move on to the next. Marsha > > I have been reading/hearing a lot about Listening Therapy lately and am wondering if I should give it a try for my 6 yr old daughter. Would love to know any experiences positive or negative before trying something new (we already do biomedical and ABA). Thanks! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 > > I have been reading/hearing a lot about Listening Therapy lately and am wondering if I should give it a try for my 6 yr old daughter. Would love to know any experiences positive or negative before trying something new (we already do biomedical and ABA). Thanks! > We have done this twice with our 8 year old son. The first time we did it last year Music therapy made him a lot calmer to go through the day. Another child in his class did it right after we did and had the same results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 we started the listening program when my son was 3yo. it was the only time i could take him in the grocery store w/o meltdowns or have him kicking my gut as i pushed the buggy. we ended up buying the set of cd's thru our OT at the time for her price and a set of approved headphones from ebay for 1/3rd the price. we redo the program every 6-9monts or as needed. that said, they now have an ipod version available that we are looking at(i hate dealing with cd's). there are several listening programs out there: sonomas sp? tomatis THE listening program (aka TLP) we chose the TLP b/c my son favors classical music opposed to silly/funny songs. we have found the investment to be worth it over the past 5yrs. > > I have been reading/hearing a lot about Listening Therapy lately and am wondering if I should give it a try for my 6 yr old daughter. Would love to know any experiences positive or negative before trying something new (we already do biomedical and ABA). Thanks! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 Thank you all for your wonderful resonses. I can't wait to try it. It certainly sounds worth giving it a go! I LOVE the ipod idea - will definitely look into that - sounds much easier. At this point, I cannot imagne her keeping headphones on but we shall see - thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 , I have a friend that has started a company that does auditory integration on the ipod. Her daughter recovered from Autism after doing Tomatis. Sharon has written a book on their experience, Awakening , Mozart Knocks Autism on it's Ear. She wanted to find a more economical way for other children to benefit from A.I. and founded Sound Therapy Systems. Here is the website http://www.soundtherapysystems.com/ Her website has a lot of info. about A.I. and specifically their product. Both of my daughters (one on the spectrum and one is not) made huge amounts of progress while doing Tomatis. I won't go in all the details here, but it was the best thing that we ever did for our girls. It was very expensive, but worth it. Wendie > > Thank you all for your wonderful resonses. I can't wait to try it. It certainly sounds worth giving it a go! I LOVE the ipod idea - will definitely look into that - sounds much easier. At this point, I cannot imagne her keeping headphones on but we shall see - thanks again! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Facing challenges of: AUTISM -- CAPD -- DYSLEXIA -- ADD/ADHD? Auditory Integration Therapy can make a difference! - AIT is a sound-and-music treatment that has been clinically proven to change the way the ears work to make them work more efficiently. - AIT retrains the ears so they can ignore background noise and hear the important foreground noise quickly and easily. - AIT is a two week intensive, non-invasive treatment. Available in Atlanta this summer: July 13 - 24th, 2009 Space is limited -- Sign up now! Call or email to sign up or for more details: DenaPage@... or 1- About the practitioner: Dena Page has been working with children with autism and special needs since 1990. She has been providing AIT through her practice, Hear This! since 1997. She holds certifications in behavior analysis, Irlen Syndrome screening, and AIT (Digital Auditory Aerobics). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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