Franziska Eller investigated the effectiveness of individualized Neurofeedback training in
addition to a comprehensive basic neurodevelopmental therapy for children with Autism Spectrum
Disorders (ASD). The results clearly speak for the benefits of a supplemental Neurofeedback
training since QEEG recordings revealed positive changes in the children's brain wave activity
after only a few weeks of training. Furthermore behavioral aspects and imitation abilities were
assessed using two autism questionnaires and an imitation test. Results showed that all
children improved in several domains with the treatment group partly achieving greater changes
than the control group. Unlike the most prevalent therapy methods that are mainly
behavior-based Neurofeedback training aims at improving abnormal brain wave activity and
thereby establishes an alternative promising approach to treat Autism Spectrum Disorders.
