Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of participants

Child	Age/sex	Diagnosis	Cognitive/communication level	Type of EEG study required	Therapy sessions conducted
Jerry	3/M	Epilepsy, encephalopathy, apraxia, neuromotor dysfunction	Developmental delay/verbal communication	Standard	10
Susan	9/F	Seizure disorder, unspecified genetic syndrome, tactile defensiveness	Mild mental retardation/verbal communication	Standard	3
Ivy	2/F	Seizure disorder, autism	Developmental delay/nonverbal communication	Standard, overnight	5
Meg	10/F	Epilepsy, aphasia, apraxia, aggression	Moderate to severe mental retardation/speech and language delay	Standard, overnight	5
Van	9/M	Seizure disorder, schizencephaly, shunted hydrocephalus, cortical blindness, tactile defensiveness	Severe mental retardation/limited nonverbal communication	Standard	8a
Daniel	2/M	Seizure disorder, pervasive developmental disorder, arteriovenous malformation	Developmental delay, verbal communication	Standard	6
Zeke	4/M	Autism, hyperactivity, tactile defensiveness, aggression	Developmental delay, severe receptive expressive language disorder/nonverbal communication	Standard	4

^aThis patient received 14 supplemental sessions of head-desensitization training.