Marina Rabazova<\/p>\n
For parents, the news that their child has an autism spectrum disorder sounds like a sentence. What do you do? Where do you seek help? How do you communicate? Luckily there is an Autism Support Centre in R\u0113zekne which has been active for eight years already and can offer advice as well as real help. This year, the new Tomatis method has been introduced, which is already helping a little boy from K\u0101rsava. <\/p>\n
Personal experience
\nIrina Lipska-Le\u013ca lives in a village not far from K\u0101rsava and is raising her son Em\u012bls who has an autism spectrum disorder. The boy is now 7.5 years old, but he still does not speak, and Irina is constantly looking for new opportunities to help him.
\n\u2013 We may have been the first to use this method. I didn\u2019t know about it before. There are three sessions, and we are already in the second one. We completed the first session in May, which had lasted for two weeks, two hours a day. Each child on the autism spectrum has their own special features. After the therapy, Em\u012bls started to understand better what he is told. Before, when I asked him to do something, he would look at me and wouldn\u2019t understand, but now he reacts immediately and perceives information better, \u2013 Irina shares her thoughts.
\nThe woman notes that changes are noticeable to a naked eye. The session has also affected the child\u2019s development, his ability to understand and his motor functions, and he has become calmer.
\n\u2013 We are now in the second session, and I hope that my son will start speaking. We are really hoping for it, \u2013 says Irina. <\/p>\n
About the method
\nThe Tomatis method was designed at the beginning of the 1950s by a French otolaryngologist Alfred Tomatis, and it is based on the conclusion that the human ear performs two functions: the passive one \u2013 hearing, and the active one \u2013 perceiving useful information and ignoring useless information. Even if a child has normal hearing, it is not guaranteed that their brain is able to process the information it receives. Children with autism, dyslexia, Down syndrome, and alalia often have auditory information processing disorder.
\nTo stimulate the brain, a unique sound processing device has been created which allows achieving a shift from low to high frequencies and vice versa. During the training, the child is listening to music and voices in headphones, and at the same time they can draw, create something from modelling clay, or play. <\/p>\n
Tomatis in R\u0113zekne
\nThe society \u201cAutism Support Centre in R\u0113zekne\u201d was founded by Edgars \u0160ilins and Sandra Bi\u010dkova-\u0160ilina. When Sandra was researching different opportunities to help her son Markus, she found out about the clinic \u201cPrognoz Med\u201d in St. Petersburg. The Society has formed tight cooperation with the clinic, which allowed sending children from Latvia to St. Petersburg for rehabilitation. Whereas the employees of the Autism Support Centre in R\u0113zekne were able to learn from leading specialists.
\nThis year, the latest device for audio and vocal work based on the Tomatis method was delivered to R\u0113zekne.
\n\u2013 There is currently no other such method available in Latvia. In R\u012bga, the method has already been used for ten years, but their device is old and does not produce the desired effect. We have the latest equipment. Our specialist has completed a two weeks\u2019 training course in St. Petersburg where he received both theoretical and practical training, \u2013 says E. \u0160ilins.
\nIt is noteworthy that the description of the method states that first results are noticeable in a few weeks or even days after the beginning of the session, whereas deeper changes happen slower. But, most importantly, the results achieved last for a long time and the therapy itself is completely safe for the child.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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