The interesting news this week involves the 'listening programme' which as most of you will be aware, Snowdrop began offering last month in conjunction with American neurotechnology company, 'Advanced Brain Technologies.' As you know, I am a stickler for evidence based therapy and there are many 'listening type therapies' out there with absolutely no evidence to support their use, which is why Snowdrop has not offered one until now. However, TLP does have evidence, from the University of Sheffield amongst others which supports its use with our children. We currently have five families who are using TLP and even though each family is in the early stages of its use, - we are already measuring small improvements. The improvements we are noting so far involve the following.
- Increased eye - contact
- Decreased frustration
- More sensitivity to voice tone
- Increases in affection, touching and hugging
- Increases in talking / communication
- Quicker responses to verbal directions
- Increases in phonological awareness
- Increases in vocal quality.
- Increases in physical coordination
- Decreases in levels of activity
- Improved sleeping patterns
- Decreases in sound hypersensitivity
- Decreases in touch hypersensitivity
- Improved visual and auditory attention
Those of you who are due for reassessments in the next few weeks should start to think about convenient dates as February is filling up fast and I am already taking new appointments for March. At the moment we are adding new families all the time, as this weeks four families demonstrate, so if you need to book an appointment for the next few weeks, book early to avoid disappointment!
Keep working hard and remember when you are brushing or spinning, or doing whatever programme activity it is with your child, - 'The key to forging brain plasticity is repetition of stimulus.' Repetition, repetition, repetition!
Keep well.
Andrew
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