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and cooperation abilities. Role-playing games helped
the child understand others’ perspectives and
emotions, while team games fostered cooperation
and communication skills.
(x) Applied behavior analysis: This technique was used to
observe and analyze the child’s behavior, leading to the
development of a personalized behavior intervention
plan. Positive and negative reinforcement methods
helped the child adjust behaviors and cultivate good
habits.
(xi) Communication training: The child was taught non-
verbal communication methods, such as gestures, facial
Figure 1. Application of Liu’s pediatric neurological rehabilitation expressions, and eye contact, alongside improvements
acupuncture therapy in the treatment of the patient in language expression and listening skills.
(xii) Expression training: The child was encouraged to
(ii) Speech training: This included activities such as express emotions and thoughts through creative
pronunciation practice, vocabulary expansion, and activities such as painting, writing, and crafting,
language comprehension and expression training. enhancing creativity and self-expression.
Therapists engaged the child with conversations, (xiii) Cognitive training: This training focused on improving
guided them in expressing their thoughts and feelings, the child’s attention, memory, thinking, and problem-
corrected pronunciation errors, and gradually solving skills, aiming to enhance cognitive function,
increased the complexity of language tasks. learning efficiency, and overall quality of life.
(iii) Treatment and education of autistic and related
communication-handicapped children: A structured 2.2. Follow-up after 1 month of treatment
teaching method was employed, including assessment, On October 25, 2023, during the second visit, the child
goal setting, and the development and implementation demonstrated improvements in her logical thinking and
of teaching and training plans. This approach aimed comprehension abilities. She could gradually understand
to create an organized learning environment and daily and follow activity rules, with an enhanced ability to
routine, enhancing the child’s self-care abilities and sustain attention. She could complete puzzles in a seated
independence. position for 5 – 6 min and actively engage in activities while
(iv) Individualized education program: This was developed adhering to rules. Her verbal communication increased,
to set clear learning goals and teaching strategies and she started asking questions like “What is this?” and
tailored to the child’s specific needs and abilities. greeting familiar individuals with “Hello” and “Goodbye.”
(v) Discrete trial training: This was used to break down Her emotional state improved, with fewer instances of
complex skills and tasks into smaller, manageable destructive behavior, although occasional aggression
steps, teaching the child incrementally and reinforcing remained. In addition, the frequency of abdominal pain
correct responses. decreased, and no teeth grinding at night was reported,
(vi) Natural situational teaching: Teaching occurred in consistent with previous observations.
natural settings, leveraging everyday situations to
promote the child’s learning, and application of skills During the third visit on November 25, 2023, the
in real-life contexts. child’s response continued to improve. Her logical
(vii) Verbal behavior milestones assessment and placement thinking, comprehension, and memory showed marked
program: This assessment tool was employed to improvement. She could fully understand and execute
comprehensively evaluate the child’s language, social, activity rules, actively participate in activities, design games
cognitive, and other abilities, providing guidance for herself, and invite others to join. She initiated conversations
more frequently and introduced herself to others by stating
treatment planning.
(viii) Behavior intervention: Behavior analysis and her name and age. Her emotional state remained stable,
intervention strategies were used to help the child with reduced abdominal pain and less frequent tossing and
modify undesirable behaviors and develop positive turning at night compared to before.
behavior habits. By the fourth visit on December 10, 2023, after completing
(ix) Game therapy: Various game activities were used to one course of treatment, significant improvements were
enhance the child’s social skills, emotional regulation, observed in the child’s coordination, language expression,

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