Upcoming Presentations

Presentation by Dr. Louisa Silva at the New England School of Acupuncture (NESA).  Open to the public.  Tuesday, November 8th at 6:15 in the NESA Lecture Hall, 150 California Street, 3rd Floor, Newton, MA.  For directions to the school, visit www.nesa.edu.

QST in the News

Healing Thresholds, September 6, 2011, Chinese Massage Method May Help Sensory Issues in Children with Autism

Examiner.com, May 12, 2011, Qigong Massage for Your Child with Autism

Kids Health Radio Show, April 17, 2011, Interview with Dr. Silva

Radio interview, April 3, 2011, http://paradigms.bz/interviews/louisasilva.mp3

Autism Advocate, Winter 2010-2011, The Qigong Sensory Training Program

Kids Health Radio Show, June 20, 2010 - Interview of a Qigong Sensory Training therapist and a mother who has used the qigong massage with her child with autism.  (Listen to the show)

The Oregonian, May 19, 2010, "A Touch of Calm" 

The Dalles Chronical, May 9, 2010, "A Mother's Miracle"

Western Oregon Journal, April 14, 2010, "A Homeopathic Approach to Autism Treatment"

Statesman Journal, April 10, 2010, "Massage Training to Target Autism"

QST documentary premiere, April 10, 2010. View the documentary trailer

Itemizer Observer, April 7, 2010, "Soothing Autism's Stress"

Statesman Journal, April 7, 2010, "Documentary, Panel to Focus on Families and Autism"

AM Northwest television show, April 6, 2010

Statesman Journal, March 5, 2010, "WOU Researcher Authors Book for Parents with Autistic Children"

Massage Magazine, March 2010, Issue 166, "Qigong Massage Reduces Severity of Autism"

Cutting-Edge Therapies for Autism by Ken Siri and Tony Lyons, Chapter 50: Qigong Massage for Young Children with Autism

Schafer Autism Report, October 26, 2009

Salem Business Journal, October 2009

Statesman Journal newspaper, September 23, 2009 - Page 1, Page 2

Montana Autism Education Project, September 24, 2009

Autism Oregon, September 22, 2009

Massage Magazine, August 30, 2009

Schafer Autism Report, January 28, 2009

 iCARE4autism, March 2, 2009

El Hispanic News, October 23, 2008, "Dr. Louisa Silva Awarded Autism Research Fellowship"

Northwest Health Foundation, October 2008, "Mark O. Hatfield Research Fellowship"

Grand Ronde's Smoke Signals newspaper, February 15, 2008

QST Recent Presentations 

IMFAR conference. The relationship of abnormal sensory responses and self-regulatory deficits to developmental delay in young children. San Diego, CA, May 12, 2011

IMFAR conference.  Preliminary data validating a qualitative assessment of core and co-morbid autism symptoms: The Sense and Self-Regulation Checklist. San Diego, CA, May 13, 2011

WFAS International Acupuncture Conference. A Model and Treatment for Autism at the Convergence of Chinese Medicine and Western Science: First 130 Cases. San Francisco, November 2010

Autism Society of America National Conference.  A Model and Treatment for Early Intervention in Autism. Dallas, Texas, July 2010

Autism One Conference.  Qigong Sensory Training. Chicago, May 2010

Oregon Therapy in Education Settings (TIES) 2010 conference. Qigong Sensory Training Research Update. Eugene, Oregon, April 2010

University Speaking Engagements

Western Oregon University. February 2011. Autism: Issues and Strategies course.  A massage treatment for autism from Chinese medicine:  Research and implications.

Klaipeda University, Lithuania.  January 2011. A massage treatment for autism from Chinese medicine:  Research and implications.

University of California, Los Angeles. February 2011.  Alternative Medicine course for first year medical students.  A massage treatment for autism from Chinese medicine:  Research and implications.