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1. Some type of one-on-one interacting with child, such as the following
(this would include academics and socializing skills)

• Floortime
• Son-rise
• ABA, VBA, DTT
• RDI (Relationship Development Intervention)
• Faciliated Communication

2. Some type of Sensory Integration Therapy, as needed

• Sensory Integration (SI) therapy/Occupational Therapy
• Physical therapy/hippotherapy/sports
• Hearing therapy/AIT/Listening program
• Irlen lenses/special glasses
• Speech therapy/language training
• PECS – picture exchange system/sign language

3. Some type of biological measures, if needed
(this order is what I think is most efficient as a guide)

• Enzymes (primary)
• Probiotics (primary, in yogurt or supplements)
• Medications, if necessary or helpful
• Extra measures to heal gut (zinc, oatmeal, aloe, essential fatty acids)
• Reduce toxins (Feingold /Failsafe program, general detox, reduce chemical load)
• Extra supplements, if necessary (magnesium, selenium, calcium, multivitamin, essential fatty acids)
• Remove problematic foods, if necessary
• Yeast/bacteria treatment, if necessary
• Viral treatment, if necessary
• Special detox or chelation, if necessary

Digestive enzymes up front. The reason is that they are efficient, often eliminate the need for special diets and bucketfuls of supplements. You may still want to take a few selected supplements or remove a few foods, but not the exasperating and expensive amounts sometimes given. Good results often come quickly and inexpensively with enzymes and most people see improvement of some kind within the first 3-4 weeks, which is very encouraging. Enzymes help your body absorb and use other supplements or diet foods, so it is good to have enzymes in place when pursuing these other avenues. Enzymes also facilitate and work on the other items named: yeast, bacteria, viruses, and detoxification/chelation.

Probiotics are very good is assisting healing a gut and proper intestinal function.

Check for yeast/bacteria problems, or even viruses. Treat those up front if you have one because that may be at the root of many of the other problems and often you can see rapid improvement.

Remove artificial chemicals/additives/colorings and consider epsoms salts (cheap). This seems to improve behavior relatively quickly for the majority of those sensitive to it, and it is something you can do right away.

After all this, if you need to still remove some foods or add some supplements, do that, trying one at a time allowing several days between them to see if they are tolerated, if there are any delayed reactions, and allowing the body to adjust to any improvements.

Then any additional special detoxification protocols. Some of these can be done concurrently and some not, so they should be researched very thoroughly. This is one area where some detoxification or chelation methods have the potential to cause significant setbacks or permanent harm.

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 18th, 2007 at 10:08 pm and is filed under What is Autism.