Qigong Massage for Autism

03/30/2019

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02/17/2018

Dr. Louisa M.T. Silva
Sept. 29, 1954 - Jan. 2, 2018

Dr. Louisa M.T. Silva, was born in London, England Sept. 29, 1954 and passed away peacefully in Salem, Jan. 2, 2018. Her family migrated to Australia when Louisa was eight. Five years later the family left Australia for the United States. She lived in California through her teen years and attended UCLA undergraduate and medical schools. Louisa did a short stint in rural Kentucky, working in a local clinic before moving to Oregon. She moved to Salem in 1981, joining Drs. Morrison and Holme in their family medicine practice. One New Year's Eve, she had a dream of a clinic named for Our Lady of Guadalupe. Thanks to enormous support from the community, the clinic opened a year later, and is still open. Dr. Silva opened her own practice in the 1990's with an emphasis on Chinese medicine and acupuncture. Over the years she became interested in researching and treating Autism, which became her passion. She ultimately founded Qigong Sensory Training Institute (Q.S.T.I.) for the training of a massage technique for treatment of symptoms of Autism. She wrote several books on Autism and Downs Syndrome treatment. She retired recently due to health issues.

Celebration of Life will be held from 2 to 4 pm (PST) Saturday, February 17, 2018. A live video stream will be available through the QSTI page.

To donate to QSTI, please visit our website at: http://www.qsti.org/donate.html or send checks to: QSTI Donations, C/O Eileen Maki, 4742 Liberty Rd S, PMB 162, Salem, OR 97302

01/07/2018

Sad to learn of Dr. Louisa Silva's passing this week. She was a passionate pioneer in the field of gentle effective and affordable Autism treatments. She did more than a dozen research studies with Qigong Sensory Training and brought this therapy to so many families in the last 18 years. She will be missed!

Dr. Silva biography

03/28/2017

Great story with my colleague John

Hi, my name is Leslie Burby and I thought that I would share my experience about how the autism massage helped my daughter Mary. In the next edition of Autism Parenting Magazine, we will be doing an interview with Dr John Pagano who is a specialist in a special type of Qi Gong massage that …

12/09/2015

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03/28/2015

The treatment, developed by an Oregon doctor, has been found to be an effective early intervention for both low- and high-functioning autistic children.

01/02/2015

Happy New Year! time to get back on track with the routine and ready to go back to school.

04/03/2014

Here is an interview talking about autism and the massage program

 One in 68 American kids have autism.  A local university is working on a hands-on treatment--Qigong Massage.  Louisa Silva, M.D., M.P.H, joined us to talk about how a daily parent-given massage is showing great promise in treating the disorder.

09/30/2013

Now that it is back to school, are you getting into a routine doing the daily massage? What is working? What is not working for you? Do you do it at bed time? In the morning? After school?

08/09/2013

How are you managing your self care while doing the massage? Do you have your own qigong routine to keep your energy balanced? How about your body position? Do you do the massage on the floor? Bed? or Massage table? Do you find you are leaning over or are you comfortable when doing the massage. Are you making sure you meet your own needs as well as your childs.