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This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of psycho-rehabilitation (Dohsa-hou) on improving the quality of life of 4-12 years old children with cerebral palsy. present research is asemi-experimental study with a pre-test - post-test design, follow-up and control group. The statistical population consists of all children with cerebral palsy in Yazd. 30 male patients were selected using convenience sampling method and they were divided into the experiment and control groups. Before treatment beginning, parents filled the quality of life questionnaire and at the end of the treatment period in the post-test and follow-up phase the same assessment was done. The treatment period in the experiment group was 12 sessions (three sessions per week) and follow up phase was done 50 days after the test. results obtained from the analysis of covariance showed that psychological rehabilitation of children with cerebral palsy improve the quality of life and this difference was persistent in follow up phase (P <0.001). since the outbreak of cerebral palsy is raising and the symptoms are wide, in the future, patients may have an increased need for rehabilitation. Dohsa-hou as a psychological rehabilitation approach is an effective treatment to improve the quality of life of these patients.

The theory of mind hypothesis states that children with autism are impaired in the development of the ability to appreciate their own and other people's mental states. The people with Autism Spectrum Disorder needs treatment approach which to strengthen their movement, focus of attention, eye contact and relaxation. "Dohsa-hou" is a Japanese psycho-rehabilitation method by motor training, that many of researches investigated its effectiveness on many aspects of autism spectrum disorders The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of Dohsa training on theory of mind in high-functioning autistic children. In a quasi-experimental study with pre-test, post-test designs without control group, 6 children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder participated in the study Pre-test was administered for all participants by theory of mind questionnaire. Participants were given Dohsa training for a period of 4 weeks, 3 sessions of one hour a week. At the end of training, the post test was done by the same questionnaire. In the study, two tools for measuring the effect were used; Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire and Theory of mind Questionnaire. The results showed that there were significant differences between the subjects participated in treatment before and after the intervention, and indicated that in the subjects after the 2 weeks of enforcement of treatment and one month after performing the post-test there was no significant difference. As data showed, Dohsa training was an effective treatment for autistic children and movement has very important role in cognition, learning and cognition performance, especially theory of mind because movement and rhythm stimulate the brain. Together these findings suggest that it may be the autistic children motivation to move in ways they have not tried before that led their improvement during this psycho-rehabilitative program which affect their cognition and theory of mind.