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Hi~ if you haven't read any of my postings. My 21mo. does not talk, has severe tantrums (most of the day), I thought autism, but after being tested no autism (so many disorders can "look" like another), he is speech & developmentally delayed (tested in most areas as 13mo.), we'll have speech therapy 1x wk. and behavior th. 1x wk. The evaluators also believe he may have SI (sensory integration), so we'll have an OT evaluation on 10/17. Does anyone have any experience w/ SI?? Thanks in advance! God Bless! ↓
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| Name: lm | Date: Oct 10th, 2006 3:06 AM |
| hi there , im nicks mom (6yrs old) he has a time with a sensory type thing im thinking where he thinks there are race cars in his head racing their motors and things are making noises in his head, and he just screams and cringes at this like some one is scratching a chack board you know, and its usually when he is not all the way awake, from a nap or if he falls asleep somewhere and i have to move him from (like the car to the house or something) then if he kinda gets woke up he will just grab his ears like siomething is in there just making all kinds of noise. i hope i have helped.he has not been diagnosed w/ it or nothing but does have ts and adhd and odd , ocd. thanks lyndee ↑ |
| Name: Telem | Date: Oct 10th, 2006 9:23 PM |
There is a book entitled The Out of Sync Child, which addresses the issue.
Both of my children have it. There is of course a spectrum, but your son is young and can go to a sensory gym where they teach him to process information and not to get overwhelmed by the sounds, sights, textures etc. Although it sounds overwhelming, most people have some type of sensory issue, only when you were a child no one labeled it.
When they conduct an OT evaluation, ask to fill our a sensory profile and for the state to consider offering you the sensory.
A couple of tips that mught be useful. Do not keep a lot of toys out. The chaos can be overwhelming. If he gets too excited, rock him in quiet/dark room.. Ask the OT to teach you how to do joint compressions. Try starting the day with them and/or applying them when he starts to get riled up. ↑ |
| Name: Robin | Date: May 29th, 2010 12:28 AM |
| My daughter was diagnosed with it when she was in preschool. Now she is a calm, straight A student. When she was young, every little noise bothered her. She would have severe tantrums and physically over reacted to everything. Our therapist suggested getting her a trampoline. We actually got 2, a little one and a big one. My husband said "she will never use them". Wrong. When she was little, she used the little one to watch TV, up and down, over and over. At 4, she was so good at jumping, we enrolled her in gymnastics. By the way, she does not have ADHD like many sensory kids. After many years of competitive gymnastics, she finally quit. But she still spends a least an hour just jumping on her large trampoline, up and down, up and down. Even when she did 4 hours a day of gymnastics, she still would spend an hour jumping up and down. She is so calm that even teachers ask me why. I have no idea if the rhythm of jumping really helped or if it was coincidental and she just grew out of her problem. But I just know that she is now an amazing teen. ↑ |
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