6 Developmental Stages You Must Pass Through to Overcome Autism
6 Developmental Stages You Must Pass Through to Overcome Autism
What are the six developmental stages necessary to move beyond autism and achieve normal development?
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The following is Hanah Lee's comment and the corresponding response. Please refer to it to help you understand the content.
▶ Q. Question from Hanah Lee
"I'm a mother of a child who's almost six years old. We've been raising him using ABA as a foundation for four years. As you mentioned, the six stages of socialization really resonated with me. I also found the weaknesses of ABA very relatable. However, I disagree with the idea that eye contact and imitation should improve within three months. If my child seemed to improve within three months with just floor time, I'd assume he was on the mild side of the spectrum to begin with. My child was diagnosed with mild to moderate developmental disabilities at age two, but floor time didn't work. I live in the US, where ABA is still considered the only scientifically proven method. Of course, we do floor time social skills groups, etc., but ABA is generally more helpful here. You seem to know ABA well, but every child is different. I think you're overemphasizing the strengths of floor time and the weaknesses of ABA, so I'm sharing my thoughts. I enjoyed the video."
▶ A. Doctor Tomato's Answer
Thank you for the excellent point.
I was already concerned about the three-month point you made during the lecture. Since this is an unedited video, I uploaded it anyway, even though it felt a little awkward. To clarify some of the facts, here are the following:
1) The claim that improvement should occur within three months is based on my treatment protocol. Therefore, this statistic assumes brain immunotherapy (herbal medicine) and floor time. It's not just floor time alone. With this treatment, the probability of establishing stable eye contact within three months is around 90%.
2) In my experience, I occasionally see children who receive only floor time. In these cases, as you pointed out, less than 10% of children recover quickly and establish stable eye contact within three months. If extended to six months, the rate would be around 20%. In that sense, I believe the floor time paper's statistics are largely exaggerated. However, that 20% figure is indeed within the normal range.
3) On the other hand, I estimate that less than 10% of children achieve normal gaze processing and stable sensory processing through ABA, rather than functional recovery. I believe this will be no different from the natural healing rate resulting from natural immune recovery.
4) If we evaluate based on functional recovery, ABA will likely produce superior results compared to Floortime. However, if we evaluate based on natural social recovery, ABA cannot match the superiority of Floortime.
5) I understand that the ABA approach is easier in the American context. However, even in such circumstances, I recommend that parents adopt a Floortime-style approach at home. Furthermore, even if it's not the traditional Korean medicine immunotherapy I recommend, I believe that more active integration with biomedical brain immunotherapy will increase the likelihood of achieving stable social development. Thank you for your valuable feedback and the opportunity to revise the content.
Director Kim Moon-joo of Aitomato Oriental Medicine Clinic -