A feature story written by two QST therapists, JoAnn Kennedy and Orit Tal-Atzili, was published this week in Washington Families magazine, a publication that serves the DC metro area. The article, A Chinese Medicine Approach to Sensory Processing Disorders in Children...
Our article investigating the results of QST massage in older children with ASD has been published! The one-year study showed that, as compared with children aged 3-6 yrs, children aged 6-12 yrs had comparable improvements in sensory problems, behavior and severity of...
Our latest research. One and Two-year Outcomes of Treating Preschool Children with Autism with a Qigong Massage Protocol: An Observational Follow-along Study, was published in the Journal of Alternative and Integrative Medicine in July 2016. [Note: The movement chart...
Ever since autism was first described in 1943, we have known that children don’t respond normally to affectionate touch; they do not seek it out and, in fact, they usually avoid it. We know that children have difficulty with other kinds of touch, too. For example,...
Dr. Silva was in Barcelona, Spain, last week to present our research at Copedia 2016, a conference of pediatric medical professionals. Her presentations were: Controversies in Pediatrics, Barcelona, Spain, April 2, 2016. “Two-year outcomes of treating tactile loss in...
Parent Sazini Nzula was so impressed by QST massage that she became certified as a therapist. Read her article 5 Top Reasons Qigong May be Right for Your Special Needs Child on the Autism Parenting website.
