Autistic Children Improve IQ and Social Skills with Reflective Network Therapy
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A 49-year long study found that Reflective Network Therapy (RNT) significantly improved IQ and social skills in children with autism. The study of over 1,700 preschoolers, including 680 with autism, found that autistic children gained an average of 24 IQ points with RNT. RNT involves small social networks in classrooms with therapists, teachers, and peers reacting as a team to behaviors.
Autistic Children Improve IQ and Social Skills with Reflective Network Therapy
- 1. Autistic Children Improve IQ and Social Skills With Reflective Network Therapy By ICare4Autism | Published: August 7, 2014 Reflective Network Therapy (photo: childrenspsychologicalhealthcenter.org) The results are in on a 49-year long multi-site study on the effectiveness of Reflective Network Therapy (RNT), and indicate a significant rise of IQ in children with autism spectrum disorders. Led by Gilbert Kliman, M.D. of The Childrens Psychological Health Center in Santa Rosa and San Francisco, California, the study also maps improvements with social skills, communication, and more positive general behavior. 1700 preschoolers were treated with RNT since 1965, 680 of who were diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. Third-party researchers conducted IQ tests on 31 autistic children (79 total) twice over the course of their Reflective Network Therapy. The children with autism showed some of the highest gains, with an average increase of 24 IQ points. Comparable research on other forms of therapy for autism and other pervasive developmental delays showed no significant change to IQ. Reflective Network Therapy harnesses small social networks in the classroom, composed of parents, teachers, in-classroom therapist, and peers, explains Dr. Kliman, a pioneer of RNT. The focused therapy of one child at a time, in the presence of their peers allows therapists, teachers, and parents to react as a team to behavior and allows classmates to process and mirror their peers progress and behavior. It provides intensive interpersonal exercises within the childs own preschool class on hundreds of occasions during the course of a school year, continues Dr. Kliman, and could save public special education systems, parents, and insurers millions of dollars for every ten children receiving treatment. Dr. Kliman estimates the cost of RNT to be approximately 1/6 the cost of traditional therapies.th CONNECT WITH ICARE4AUTISM 934LikeLike News Latest News Archives Press and Internet Coverage Our Bloggers Share HOME WHAT IS AUTISM? AUTISM INITIATIVES ABOUT US NEWS EVENTS GET INVOLVED
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