Resources

Aithal, S., Moula, Z., Karkou, V., Karaminis, T., Powell, J., & Makris, S. (2021). A Systematic Review of the Contribution of Dance Movement Psychotherapy Towards the Well-Being of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders. Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 719673. 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.719673. 

American Dance Therapy Association. (2021). What is Dance/Movement Therapy? Defining Dance/Movement Therapy DMT. https://adta.memberclicks.net/what-is-dancemovement-therapy

Benzwie, T. (1987). A Moving Experience: Dance for Lovers of Children and the Child Within. Tucson, AZ: Zephyr Press.

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Capon, J, (1999). Perceptual – Motor Lesson Plans level 2. Basic and Practical Lesson Plans to Perceptual-Motor Programs in Preschool and Elementary Grades, 4th edition. Discovery Bay, CA : Front Row Experience.

Cheatum, B. A., & Hammond, A. A. (2010). Physical Activities for Improving Children's Learning and Behavior: A Guide to Sensory Motor Development. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

Cook, J., Blakemore, S., & Press, C. (2013). Atypical basic movement kinematics in autism spectrum conditions. Brain, 136(9), 2816-2824. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awt208

Cynkin, 5., & Robinson, A. M. (1990). Occupational Therapy and Activities Health: Toward Health Through Activities. Boston: Little, Brown. 

De Moraes, Í., Massetti, T., Crocetta, T., Silva, T., Menezes, L., Monteiro, C., & Magalhães, F. (2017). Motor learning characterization in people with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review. Dementia & Neuropsychologia, 11(3), 276-286. https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-57642016dn11-030010.

Donnellan, A., Hill, D., & Leary, M. (2013). Rethinking autism: implications of sensory and movement differences for understanding and support. Frontiers In Integrative Neuroscience, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2012.00124

Gallagher, Shaun. (2006). How the Body Shapes the Mind. Clarendon Press. Green, D., Charman, T., Pickles, A., Chandler, S., Loucas, T., Simonoff, E., & Baird, G. (2009).

Impairment in movement skills of children with autistic spectrum disorders. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 51(4), 311-316. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.03242.x

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Hackely, Peggy, (2015). Making Connections- Total Body Integration Through Bartenieff Fundamentals 4th edition. Taylor and Francis.

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Hardy, M. W., & Lagasse, A. B. (2013). Rhythm, movement, and autism: using rhythmic rehabilitation research as a model for autism. Frontiers in integrative neuroscience, 7, 19. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2013.00019

Hildebrandt, M.K., Koch, S.C., & Fuchs, T.  (2016). “We Dance and Find Each Other”: Effects of Dance/Movement Therapy on Negative Symptoms in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Behavioral Sciences, 6(4), 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs6040024

Hollow, M. (2020). For Some Children With Autism, Dance Is a Form of Expression (Published 2019). Nytimes.com. Retrieved 18 December 2020, from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/19/well/family/autism-children-dance.html.

Humphrey, D., & Pollack, B. (1959). Art of Making Dances. London: Dance Books Ltd.

Ingersoll, B. (2007). Teaching imitation to children with autism: A focus on social reciprocity. The Journal Of Speech And Language Pathology – Applied Behavior Analysis, 2(3), 269-277. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0100224

Jacob, E. (1981). Dancing: A Guide for the Dancer You Can Be. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co.

Kabel, O. (2020). How to integrate your right and left brain through movement. Sequence Wiz. Retrieved 18 December 2020, from https://sequencewiz.org/2014/08/13/integrating-right-and-left-brain/.

Kenny, M. (2002). Integrated Movement Therapy™: Yoga-Based Therapy as a Viable and Effective Intervention for Autism Spectrum and Related Disorders. International Journal Of Yoga Therapy, 12(1), 71-79. https://doi.org/10.17761/ijyt.12.1.r978vxt214683904

Kranowitz, C. S. (1998). The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Integration Dysfunction. New York: Perigee Book.

Kranowitz, C. S. (2003). The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun: Activities for Kids with Sensory Integration Dysfunction. New York: Berkley Pub. Group.

Latif, N., Di Francesco, C., Custo-Blanch, M., Hyde, K., Sharda, M., Nadig, A. (2021) Joint engagement and movement: Active ingredients of a music-based intervention with school-age children with autism. NeuroRehabilitation, 48(2), 167-185. DOI: 10.3233/NRE-208012

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Lense, M., Ladanyi, E., Rabinowitch, T., Trainor, L., & Gordon, R. (2021). Rhythm and timing as vulnerabilities in neurodevelopmental disorders. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 376. 20200327. 10.1098/rstb.2020.0327. 

Mastrominico, A., Fuchs, T., Manders, E., Steffinger, L., Hirjak, D., & Sieber, M. et al. (2018). Effects of Dance Movement Therapy on Adult Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Behavioral Sciences, 8(7), 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs8070061

Morehouse, L. E., & Miller, A. T. (1971). Physiology of Exercise 6th ed. St. Louis: C. V. Mosby.

Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process—Fourth Edition. (2020) Am J Occup Ther August, Vol. 74(Supplement_2), 7412410010p1–7412410010p87. doi: https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2020.74S2001 

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Pedretti, L.W., Umphed, D.A. (1996). Motor Learning and Teaching Activities in Occupational Therapy. In Pedretti, L.W. (Ed.), Occupational Therapy - Practice Skills for Physical Dysfunction (4 th ed.) (pp. 65-74). St. Louis, MO & Baltimore, MD: Mosby-Year Book, Inc.

Schilder, P. (1950). The Image and Appearance of the Human Body: Studies in the Constructive Energies of the Psyche. New York, NY: International Universities Press.

Sean, H. (2020). Autism and exercise: Are there special benefits? | Autism Speaks. Autism Speaks. Retrieved 18 December 2020, from https://www.autismspeaks.org/expert-opinion/autism-exercise-benefits.

Slavin, R.E. (1996). Research on Cooperative Learning and Achievement: What We Know, What We Need to Know. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 21,43-69.

Smith, L. K., Weiss, E. L., & Lehmkuhl, L. D. (1996). Brunnstrom's Clinical Kinesiology. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company.

Staples, K., & Reid, G. (2009). Fundamental Movement Skills and Autism Spectrum Disorders. Journal Of Autism And Developmental Disorders, 40(2), 209-217. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-009-0854-9

Teitelbaum, 0., Benton, T., Shah, P. K., Prince, A., Kelly, J. L., & Teitelbaum, P. (2004). Eshkol-Wachman Movement Notation in Diagnosis: The Early Detection of Asperger's Syndrome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 101(32}, 11909-11914. doi:1O.1073/pnas.0403919101

Wan, C. Y., Demaine, K., Zipse, L., Norton, A., Schlaug, G. (2010). Review: From music making to speaking: Engaging the mirror neuron system in autism. Brain Research Bulletin, 82(3-4), 161-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainresbull.2010.04.010

Young, S. B., & Keplinger, L. (1988). Movement is Fun: A Preschool Movement Program. Torrance, CA: Sensory I ntegration I nternat. Pu bl.

Zeliadt, N. (2020). Could motor problems be one source of autism’s social difficulties?. Spectrum / Autism Research News. Retrieved 18 December 2020, from https://www.spectrumnews.org/features/deep-dive/autism-in-motion/.