Social stories aim at familiarizing listeners with some social situation, some event, pleasant or unpleasant, through information that they manage in an exact and structured way.

Illustrative method The Illustrative method helps children with learning difficulties, regardless of their age and mental potential. Through illustrations, memorization of spelling is much easier because pictures replace letters. It is an original method to which the student responds to happily and with success. Multisensory approach The multisensory approach is a complete intervention programme that [...]

Touch and Say is a method created by Jill Hicks. It is a method that uses a system of hand gestures, where each one represents a phoneme. The representation of a phoneme reinforces memory and also improves the speed of information processing. It has very good results in pre-school and school ages.

Oral Placement Therapy is a new term introduced by Sara Rosenfeld Johnson in 2009. It is about the combination of therapeutic techniques. This approach-method uses touch, movement and tools that help the child to develop and succeed in producing sounds of actual speech.

Verbal Behavior is a method based on Skinner’s theory of functional analysis of language. In other words, language can be grouped in smaller groups where each one has a different function. This method aims at reinforcing the child’s motive to develop a connection between the word and its meaning.

A.B.A or else Applied Behavioral Analysis is an intensive and structured behavioral programme of early intervention, concerning mainly children in the autism spectrum with spectacular results. It is based on the basic principles of behaviorism. The intervention can be done at first on an individual level with the therapist and at a later time in [...]

TEACCH or else Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication Handicapped Children is an educational approach for children in the autism spectrum. Its basic components are the organization of the environment, the daily programme, the system of individual work and the visual presentation of activities.

Historical background During the decade of 1950 to 1960, the occupational therapist A. Jean Ayres, PHD realized that restrictions on the functionality of many children in motor perceptual and emotional level were the result of  sensory perceptual deficits than to any other cause. For this reason, she  argued that the understanding of how the brain [...]

The purpose of the Functional Physical Therapy approach is for the person to improve their interaction with the environment. In other words, the person is able to use and make the most of every opportunity and acquire a sufficient functional level depending on the conditions in which he may find himself. The central objective is, [...]

It is an effective method of intervention in neurological patients. The first investigations began in 1987 and involved patients with Parkinson. Studies on the LSVT © LOUD continued for about 20 years providing many results at improving intonation, intensity and voice quality in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Most recent surveys show positive results in cases [...]