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Movement Interventions for Children with Autism and Developmental Disabilities: an Evidence-Based Practice Project St. Catherine University SOPHIA Master of Arts in Occupational Therapy Theses and Projects Occupational Therapy 12-2016 Movement Interventions for Children with Autism and Developmental Disabilities: An Evidence-Based Practice Project Alanna Thelen St. Catherine University Emily M. Tiedt St. Catherine University Sara C. Vang St. Catherine University Patricia L. Wagle St. Catherine University Laura K. Weber St. Catherine University See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://sophia.stkate.edu/ma_osot Recommended Citation Thelen, Alanna; Tiedt, Emily M.; Vang, Sara C.; Wagle, Patricia L.; Weber, Laura K.; Wood, Jordan T.; Yares, Lauren K.; Zahr, Rebecca A.; Zimmerli, Beth M.; and Bass, Julie D.. (2016). Movement Interventions for Children with Autism and Developmental Disabilities: An Evidence-Based Practice Project. Retrieved from Sophia, the St. Catherine University repository website: https://sophia.stkate.edu/ma_osot/12 This Research Project is brought to you for free and open access by the Occupational Therapy at SOPHIA. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master of Arts in Occupational Therapy Theses and Projects by an authorized administrator of SOPHIA. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Author Alanna Thelen, Emily M. Tiedt, Sara C. Vang, Patricia L. Wagle, Laura K. Weber, Jordan T. Wood, Lauren K. Yares, Rebecca A. Zahr, Beth M. Zimmerli, and Julie D. Bass This research project is available at SOPHIA: https://sophia.stkate.edu/ma_osot/12 Running head: MOVEMENT INTERVENTIONS Movement Interventions for Children with Autism and Developmental Disabilities An Evidence-Based Practice Project Alanna Thelen, Emily M. Tiedt, Sara C. Vang, Patricia L. Wagle, Laura K. Weber, Jordan T. Wood, Lauren K. Yares, Rebecca A. Zahr, Beth M. Zimmerli Faculty Advisor: Julie D. Bass, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Saint Catherine University EBP Project completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Evidence-Based Practice Course in the Master of Arts in Occupational Therapy Program December, 2016 Recommended APA citation: Thelen, A., Tiedt, E.M., Vang, S.C., Wagle, P.L., Weber, L.K., Wood, J.T., Yares, L.K., Zahr, R.A., Zimmerli, B.M., & Bass, J.D. (2016). Movement interventions for children with autism and developmental disabilities: An evidence-based practice project. Retrieved from https://sophia.stkate.edu/ Keywords: autism spectrum disorder, developmental disabilities, disabled children, therapeutics, therapy, rehabilitation, occupational therapy MOVEMENT INTERVENTIONS 2 Table of Contents Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 5 Evidence Based Practice ............................................................................................................. 5 The EBP Project .......................................................................................................................... 5 The EBP Process ......................................................................................................................... 5 Practice Dilemma ........................................................................................................................ 6 Comprehensive Treatment Models for ASD and Developmental Disabilities ........................... 6 Appraisal of Best Research ......................................................................................................... 7 Expert Review Groups ................................................................................................................ 8 References ................................................................................................................................... 9 Final EBP Question and PICO .................................................................................................. 10 Interactive Metronome Therapy ................................................................................................... 12 Executive Summary .................................................................................................................. 12 Final EBP question and PICO............................................................................................... 12 Themes. ................................................................................................................................. 13 Expert Review Table............................................................................................................. 17 Background Learning and Evidence Searches .......................................................................... 20 Table of resources. ................................................................................................................ 20 Background learning paper one. ........................................................................................... 22 MOVEMENT INTERVENTIONS 3 Background learning paper two. ........................................................................................... 25 Background learning paper three. ......................................................................................... 29 Evidence searches. ................................................................................................................ 33 Appraisal of Evidence ............................................................................................................... 56 Initial Appraisal of Evidence: Primary Research Studies ..................................................... 56 Initial Appraisal: Conceptual or Theoretical Articles. .......................................................... 69 Initial Appraisal: Reviews of Research Studies .................................................................... 70 Critical Appraisals. ............................................................................................................... 72 Brain Gym ..................................................................................................................................... 73 Executive Summary .................................................................................................................. 73 Final EBP question and PICO............................................................................................... 73 Themes. ................................................................................................................................. 74 Expert review table. .............................................................................................................. 80 Background Learning and Evidence Searches .......................................................................... 82 Table of Resources. ............................................................................................................... 82 Background learning paper one. ........................................................................................... 83 Background learning paper two. ........................................................................................... 86 Background learning paper three. ......................................................................................... 90 Evidence searches. ................................................................................................................ 94 Appraisal of Evidence ............................................................................................................. 118 MOVEMENT INTERVENTIONS 4 Initial Appraisal: Primary Research Studies ....................................................................... 118 Initial Appraisal: Review of Research Studies ................................................................... 134 Initial Appraisal: Conceptual or Theoretical Articles ......................................................... 143 Critical Appraisals .............................................................................................................. 146 Makoto Therapy .......................................................................................................................... 147 Executive Summary ................................................................................................................ 147 Final EBP question and PICO............................................................................................. 147 Themes ................................................................................................................................ 148 Expert Review Table........................................................................................................... 151 Background Learning and Evidence Searches ........................................................................ 155 Background learning paper one. ......................................................................................... 157 Background learning paper two. ......................................................................................... 161 Background learning paper three. ....................................................................................... 165 Evidence Searches .............................................................................................................. 168 Appraisal of Evidence ............................................................................................................. 192 Initial Appraisal of Evidence: Conceptual
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