Intention-Based Therapy for Autism Spectrum Disorder: Promising Results of a Wait-List Control Study in Children

Weiner, Robert H.; Greene, Roger L.

doi:10.1016/j.explore.2013.10.005

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“…Equally, it is important to acknowledge that the meaning of the term intention originally also encompassed the inherent tendency of the body toward health as its natural or optimal energetic state of well-being-a state we know in part to be associated with left-anterior activation of the cerebral cortex-and that, as Weiner and Greene have recently argued, intention-based treatment modalities may facilitate, or energetically assist, the operation of this unconscious tendency in the recipient through its sympathetic alignment, or entanglement, with the conscious intention of the practitioner. 41 As such, this may in part account for why, as in mindfulness meditation, an attitude of detached noninterference or nonego involvement on the part of the practitioner is held to be an important determinant of treatment efficacy.…”

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Asymmetric Activation of the Anterior Cerebral Cortex in Recipients of IRECA: Preliminary Evidence for the Energetic Effects of an Intention-Based Biofield Treatment Modality on Human Neurophysiology

Pike

Вернон²,

Hald³

2014

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

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(2014) Asymmetric activation of the anterior cerebral cortex in recipients of IRECA: preliminary evidence for the energetic effects of an intention-based treatment modality on human neurophysiology. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 20 (10 Objectives: Neurophysiologic studies of mindfulness link the health benefits of meditation to activation of the left-anterior cerebral cortex. The similarity and functional importance of intention and attentional stance in meditative and biofield therapeutic practices suggest that modulation of recipient anterior asymmetric activation may mediate the energetic effects of intention-based biofield treatments as well. The aim of the current study was to test this hypothesis by using a treatment modality known as IRECA (Istituto di Ricerca sull'Energia Cosmica Applicata). Design: Participants' electroencephalograms (EEG) were recorded over a 5-minute recovery period (subdivided into three 100-second intervals) while participants received genuine IRECA, placebo treatment, or no treatment, after completion of a cognitively demanding task. Participants: 21 undergraduate students (3 men and 18 women; mean age, 22.1 years). All were right-handed and none had a history of neurologic or psychological impairment. Outcome measures: (1) Alpha Asymmetry Index (AAI), a standard measure of anterior asymmetric activation of the cerebral cortex, defined as the average right hemisphere minus left hemisphere log alpha power of EEG recordings for homologous pairs of electrodes in frontal and prefrontal regions; (2) self-report measures of state anxiety obtained at baseline, before treatment, and after treatment, using a short form of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.Results: In line with predictions, recipients of IRECA showed enhanced left-anterior activation of the cerebral cortex relative to placebo and no-treatment controls (as indicated by significantly higher and significantly positive AAI scores) during the first 100 seconds of treatment, and they reported greater overall reduction in state anxiety relative to baseline measures. Conclusions:The current study provides preliminary supporting evidence for an intention-based biofield therapeutic modality offsetting the negative effects of stress via sympathetic activation of recipients' leftanterior cerebral cortex.

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Asymmetric Activation of the Anterior Cerebral Cortex in Recipients of IRECA: Preliminary Evidence for the Energetic Effects of an Intention-Based Biofield Treatment Modality on Human Neurophysiology

Pike

Вернон²,

Hald³

2014

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

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“…There was no checklist to measure the effectiveness of treatment with regards to ASD. The ATEC checklist was used in various studies related to ASD (Geir, Kern, & Geir, 2013;Memari, Shayestehfar, Mirfazeli, Rashidi, Ghanouni, & Hafizi, 2013;Weiner & Greene, 2014).…”

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Aptitudes, Capabilities, and Interests of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Tan¹,

Poon²

2022

Eur. J. Teach. Educ.

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Some individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), may display some areas of talent that are in contrast with their overall low level of general functioning. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of special abilities (aptitudes, capabilities, and interests) in a sample population of individuals with ASD. One in ten persons with ASD has special abilities in varying degrees. Researchers used to consider special abilities unimportant. However, this is an area of research for scientists and educators who are making attempts to understand the complexities and intricacies of the human mind. There have been reports of individuals who have intellectual disabilities and challenges, yet possess extraordinary abilities in reading, arithmetic, calendar calculations, art, or music. The study investigates the percentage and frequency of special abilities as reported by parents and teachers in a sample population of individuals with ASD in Singapore using a quantitative methodology. Parents and teachers were given questionnaires to ascertain this occurrence.

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“…The tool has been designed to enable parents to assess their children with ASD. It has increased the effectiveness of home caring because it allows for confirmation of the effectiveness of treatments provided 10,12 . This tool can be used by parents, caregivers, teachers, professionals and researchers.…”

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Validity and reliability of the Thai version of the Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist: A two-phase diagnostic accuracy study

Sunakarach

Kessomboon

2018

F1000Res

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This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Background: Thai version of the Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (Thai-ATEC); a tool which has been developed for Thai parents and caregivers who have children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).Approval for this study was first obtained from the appropriate Ethics Methods: committee and from the original Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC) developers. This was a two-phase study. Phase 1 consisted of the forward-backward translation of the ATEC and phase 2 included the testing of psychometric properties, i.e. the validity and reliability of the final draft of the tool. The validity of the tool was assessed by comparing Thai-ATEC scores of parents and caregivers of 160 children with ASD with the assessment of a child and adolescent psychiatrist using DSM-V criteria on the same group of children. The inter-rater reliability of the tool was tested using a two-way model of intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) for two-parent/caregivers' assessment of 50 children with ASD.The validity of the Thai-ATEC was moderate to high. A cut-off point of Results: ≤38 scores was used to distinguish between children with ASD with mild symptoms and the rest of the children (sensitivity = 94%, specificity= 61.9%, and the area under ROC curve = 90%). A cut-off point of ≥68 scores was used to distinguish between children with ASD with a severe degree of symptoms and the rest (sensitivity = 94%, specificity = 62.8%, area under receiver operating characteristic curve = 85%). The inter-rater reliability was very strong (ICC = 0.97).The Thai-ATEC has moderate to high validity and high reliability. Conclusions

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Intention-Based Therapy for Autism Spectrum Disorder: Promising Results of a Wait-List Control Study in Children

Abstract: These findings suggest that NMT is a promising intervention for autism that has the potential to produce a significant reduction in maladaptive behaviors and a significant increase in adaptive behaviors within a relatively short period of time.

Cited by 9 publications

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Asymmetric Activation of the Anterior Cerebral Cortex in Recipients of IRECA: Preliminary Evidence for the Energetic Effects of an Intention-Based Biofield Treatment Modality on Human Neurophysiology

Asymmetric Activation of the Anterior Cerebral Cortex in Recipients of IRECA: Preliminary Evidence for the Energetic Effects of an Intention-Based Biofield Treatment Modality on Human Neurophysiology

Aptitudes, Capabilities, and Interests of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Validity and reliability of the Thai version of the Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist: A two-phase diagnostic accuracy study

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