FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Autism Expert Joanne Lara pens Autism Movement Therapy Method: Waking up the Brain! with leading special education publisher Jessica Kingsley Publishers
LOS ANGELES, CA, December 7, 2015 — Autism Movement Therapy announces the release of the Autism Movement Therapy Method: Waking up the Brain! book with London publisher Jessica Kingsley. The AMT Method, endorsed by Temple Grandin, “Programs like Joanne’s Autism Movement Therapy offer opportunities for our kids to develop the necessary and fundamental skills that benefit all our kids. Art saved my life!” recreates in this practical guide, including social skills and behavioral ideology, the popular Autism Movement Therapy®(AMT) program for kids and adults who present with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).
Autism Movement Therapy incorporates the principals of Applied Behavior Analysis and the growing interest in the body/brain connection as a viable intervention in autism increasing speech and language skills, social and behavioral issues.
“With 1-in-68 children diagnosed with autism we are now using evidence based art interventions to assist our kids and young adults with core autism deficits with great results in the speech and language acquisition, behavior challenges and much needed social skills domains that will ultimately help this population lead independent lives and transition into the workplace” said Joanne Lara, producer of the kick-off event Temple Grandin & Friends: Autism Works Now this past May in Los Angeles with Ed Asner, James Durbin and Joe Mantegna, and founder of Autism Movement Therapy, Inc.
Autism Movement Therapy Method: Waking up the Brain! can be found on the Autism Movement Therapy website. To book radio, TV and speaking engagements please contact
Sue Thomson. For additional information, visit www.autismmovementtherapy.org
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PR CONTACT:
Sue Thomson
suethomson2@gmail.com
Joanne Lara, MA, CCTC Mod/Severe Ed Specialist
jolara@roadrunner.com
323 240-0361