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QigongSensoryTreatmentforAutism
July-November,2016Adelaide
Parent-andTherapist-deliveredprogramme
InitialTherapist
Training
July18–21,2016
Adelaide
ClinicalSupervision
July-November,2016
Viaemail,videoand
Skype
Forinformation:
EmailSueClayton
orvisitwww.qsti.org
Registerby17/6/16
QSTmassageisanexciting,effectiveandevidencebasedtactileinterventionforyoungchildrenwithautism,whichhasbeenshownincontrolledstudiestoimprovesocialskills,languageandbehavior.BasedonChinesemedicine,themassagetechniquesnormalizetouchandstimulateself-regulation;childrenfeelmorecomfortableandmorereceptivetoconnectingtoothers.Eyecontact,sensoryproblems,tantrums,sleep,digestiveissuesandbehaviorimprove.
Undertheguidanceoftrainedtherapists,treatmentisgivendailyathomebyparentsandweeklyorbi-weeklybythetherapist.
Resultsafter5-monthsoftreatmenthaveshown:
• Improvedsleep,digestionandsensoryawareness• Moreeyecontactandsocialconnection• Easiertransitionsandfewermeltdowns• Decreasedbehaviorproblemsandaggression• Improvedsocialskillsandlanguage
CostCoursefee:$1900includesinitialtrainingand4monthsof
clinicalsupervisionParticipantsareresponsibleforadditionalcostsrelatedtotravel
toinitialtraininginAdelaide
Learn•TheoryofQSTMassage
•12MovementsofQSTMassage
•Howtotailorthemassagetoeachchild
•Teach,coachandsupportparentstogiveQSTmassage
ResearchProvenTreatmentForAutism
TraininginQigongMassageforChildrenwithAutism