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Early intervention for autism with a parent-delivered Qigong massage program : a randomized controlled trial . A recent randomized controlled trial ( RCT ) of a dual parent and trainer-delivered qigong massage intervention for young children with autism resulted in improvement of measures of autism as well as improvement of abnormal sensory responses and self-regulation . The RCT evaluated the effects of the parent-delivered component of the intervention . Forty-seven children were randomly assigned to treatment and wait-list control groups . Treatment group children received the parent-delivered program for 4 mo . Trained therapists provided parent training and support . Improvement was evaluated in two settings -- preschool and home -- by teachers ( blind to group ) and parents . Results showed that the parent-delivered program was effective in improving measures of autism ( medium effect size ) and sensory and self-regulatory responses ( large effect size ) . Teacher data on measures of autism were confirmed by parent data . Results indicate that the parent-delivered component of the program provided effective early intervention for autism that was suitable for delivery at home .
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Intervention_Educational
parent-delivered Qigong massage program
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Intervention_Educational
dual parent and trainer-delivered qigong massage
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Intervention_Educational
parent-delivered program for 4 mo
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Intervention_Educational
parent training and support
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Intervention_Educational
parent-delivered component
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Outcome_Physical
autism
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Outcome_Mental
abnormal sensory responses
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Outcome_Mental
self-regulation .
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Outcome_Mental
sensory and self-regulatory responses
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Participant_Age
young children
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Participant_Condition
autism
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Participant_Sample-size
Forty-seven
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Participant_Age
children