Case Report on the Use of the Waldon Approach on an Adult with Severe to Moderate Intellectual Disability with Autistic Tendencies.

ABSTRACT: This clinical case report describes a patient diagnosed with severe to moderate intellectual disability with autistic tendencies, resident in a home for adults with a range of disabilities. She had been resident for 18 years prior to intervention by the author when she was 48 years of age. The author worked with her from June 25, 2013 until January 12, 2015 for a total of 55 Waldon Approach (1), movement-based lessons each of about 45 min of which 33 were documented by video. This report describes changes in her cognition and her social behavior at a time when there were no other changes in her life. As far as the author is aware, this is the first clinical case report on the Waldon Approach to appear in a peer-reviewed journal and is unique in that most of the work using the approach is w

SUBMITTER: Solomon WG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4811026 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature