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List of alternative therapies for developmental and learning disabilities

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This list covers alternative therapies for developmental and learning disabilities. None of these therapies are supported by scientific evidence.

Bioenergy therapies

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Dietary treatments

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Eclectic approaches

  • Sunflower therapy[7]

Hearing therapies

Holistic healing

Medical interventions

  • anti-motion sickness medication and other types for Vestibular Dysfunction[5]

Movement-based therapies

  • Brushing technique[1]
  • Developmental Exercise Programme (inhibition of primitive reflexes)[6]
  • Doman method[8]
  • (Psychomotor) patterning[2][5]
  • Dance Movement Therapy
  • Physio-Neuro Therapy[9]

Pedagogical approaches and policies

Psychosocial interventions

Stress management

Student profiling

Technological interventions

Several scientific studies have shown that facilitated communication is quackery by proving that what the Autistic patient "says" is influenced entirely by the facilitater.[10]

Touch therapies

Training methods

Visual approaches

Emerging therapies

References

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