St. Catherine University SOPHIA Master of Arts in Occupational Therapy Theses and Projects Occupational Therapy 12-2016 Reflex Based Interventions For Children with Autism and Developmental Disabilities: An Evidence-Based Practice Project Hannah Barrett St. Catherine University Audrey Benson St. Catherine University Alexandra Boucher St. Catherine University Sophia Grace Burch St. Catherine University Amanda J. Cash St. Catherine University See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://sophia.stkate.edu/ma_osot Recommended Citation Barrett, Hannah; Benson, Audrey; Boucher, Alexandra; Burch, Sophia Grace; Cash, Amanda J.; Creger, Angel; Dusek, Lauren; Feyen, Maureen; Garcia, Kyle; and Bass, Julie D.. (2016). Reflex Based 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/11 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 Hannah Barrett, Audrey Benson, Alexandra Boucher, Sophia Grace Burch, Amanda J. Cash, Angel Creger, Lauren Dusek, Maureen Feyen, Kyle Garcia, and Julie D. Bass This research project is available at SOPHIA: https://sophia.stkate.edu/ma_osot/11 Running Head: REFLEX BASED INTERVENTIONS 1 Reflex Based Interventions For Children with Autism and Developmental Disabilities: An Evidence-Based Practice Project Hannah Barrett, Audrey Benson, Alexandra Boucher, Sophia Burch, Amanda Cash, Angel Creger, Lauren Dusek, Maureen Feyen, and Kyle Garcia Faculty Advisor: Julie D. Bass, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA St. 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: Barrett, H., Benson, A., Boucher, A., Burch, S., Cash, A., Creger, A., Dusek, L., Feyen, M., Garcia, K., & Bass, J.D. (2016). Reflex based 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 REFLEX BASED INTERVENTIONS 2 Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 4 Evidence Based Practice ......................................................................................................................... 4 The EBP Project ....................................................................................................................................... 4 The EBP Process ...................................................................................................................................... 4 Practice Dilemma .................................................................................................................................... 5 Comprehensive Treatment Models for ASD and Developmental Disabilities ....................................... 5 Appraisal of Best Research ...................................................................................................................... 6 Expert Review Groups ............................................................................................................................. 7 References .............................................................................................................................................. 8 EBP PICO Question .................................................................................................................................. 9 The Masgutova Neurosensorimotor Reflex Integration (MNRI Method).................................................. 10 Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................... 10 Final EBP question and PICO. ............................................................................................................ 10 Themes. ............................................................................................................................................ 11 Expert review table. .......................................................................................................................... 15 Background Learning and Evidence Searches ....................................................................................... 21 Table of resources. ............................................................................................................................ 21 Background learning paper one. ....................................................................................................... 24 Background learning paper two. ....................................................................................................... 27 Background learning paper three. .................................................................................................... 32 Evidence searches. ............................................................................................................................ 35 Appraisal of Evidence ............................................................................................................................ 57 Initial Appraisal: Primary Research Studies. ...................................................................................... 57 Initial Appraisal: Reviews of Research Studies. ................................................................................. 73 Initial Appraisal: Conceptual or Theoretical Articles. ........................................................................ 79 Critical appraisals. ............................................................................................................................. 89 Reflex Integration ..................................................................................................................................... 90 Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................... 90 Final EBP question and PICO. ............................................................................................................ 90 Themes. ............................................................................................................................................ 91 Expert Review Groups. ...................................................................................................................... 94 Background Learning and Evidence Searches ..................................................................................... 100 REFLEX BASED INTERVENTIONS 3 Table of resources. .......................................................................................................................... 100 Background learning paper one. ..................................................................................................... 102 Background learning paper two. ..................................................................................................... 106 Background learning paper three. .................................................................................................. 110 Evidence searches. .......................................................................................................................... 113 Appraisal of Evidence .......................................................................................................................... 135 Initial Appraisal: Primary Research Studies. .................................................................................... 135 Initial Appraisal: Review of Research Studies. ................................................................................. 160 Initial Appraisal: Conceptual or Theoretical Articles. ...................................................................... 179 Critical appraisals. ........................................................................................................................... 185 Rhythmic Movement Training ................................................................................................................ 186 Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................. 186 Final EBP question and PICO. .......................................................................................................... 186 Themes. .......................................................................................................................................... 187 Expert review table. ........................................................................................................................ 192 Background Learning and Evidence Searches ..................................................................................... 196 Table of resources. .........................................................................................................................