The current issue of Exceptional Parent Magazine Features an independent study of Visualizing and Verbalizing™ and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). “The Science of Improved Language Comprehension: Brain Connectivity and Autism Spectrum Disorder,” summarises the groundbreaking results of a recent University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) study.
In this study, a group of children with ASD received 10 weeks of intensive instruction utilizing the Visualizing and Verbalizing for Language Comprehension and Thinking™ program. It was found that the instruction “was enough to strengthen the activity of loosely connected areas of their brains that work together to comprehend reading.” The children’s reading comprehension also improved.
The article will enable parents, physicians, and education professionals to better understand the relevance of the findings of the study, primarily that deficits in language comprehension can be improved through stimulating and strengthening the connection between the verbal and imaginal centres of the brain.
Language comprehension is foundational to learning—both social and academic—in the educational environment. With a better understanding of subject matter and social relationships, students are poised for greater success in all areas of life.
Exceptional Parent (EP) is a 42-year-old, award-winning publishing and communications company. EP provides practical advice, emotional support, and the most up-to-date educational information for families of children and adults with disabilities and special healthcare needs as well as to the physicians, allied healthcare professionals, and educational professionals who are involved in their care and development.
Get the article on page 32.
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