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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 223220" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>This very much sounds like sensory integration problems. Each of my kids has sensory integration disorder (Sensory Integration Disorder (SID)) to some degree.</p><p></p><p>PLEASE take your son to a PRIVATE occupational therapist for a complete evaluation including sensory issues. There are a LOT of things you can do for this - and most of them do NOT involve medications!!! (One of the few areas that we can treat effectively with-o medicine, so it is quite a big deal to me.)</p><p></p><p>You need to read/own 2 books: "The Out Of Sync Child" by Carol Kranowitz and "The Out Of Sync Child Has Fun" by same author.</p><p></p><p>The first book explains Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) and what it can do and how it works in the brain. The 2nd book is packed with activities that feed the various sensory needs the child has. And the activities truly ARE fun, and most are inexpensive or can be modified to be inexpensive.</p><p></p><p>Brushing therapy is totally incredible. It involved using a very soft brush, like a surgical scrub brush with-o soap, and brushign the body in a certain order. You MUST be trained in how to do it because if you brush some areas you can create worse problems. So DO NOT do this until you have been taught how and you have the right brush.</p><p></p><p>At first you do the brushing (on bare skin OR over clothes - whichever your child likes) every 2 hours (or as close to that as you can). Then you gradually space it out as your child progresses.</p><p></p><p>Brushing is followed by very gentle joint compression. This all works to help your child's brain understand where his body is and what it is doing at the time. With thank you the change was just incredible. I really thought we were headed for an ADHD diagnosis at the least, and more likely and Aspergers diagnosis. </p><p></p><p>We have avoided those with brushing and other Occupational Therapist (OT) interventions/accommodations. </p><p></p><p>I stress having a PRIVATE evaluation because the school only evaluates for the impact on academics - not on the impact on the entire child.</p><p></p><p>and if you are only able to get 1 of the books, get the Has Fun one. Your child will tell you if he doesn't like an activity - and that means that something about it isn't right for him and his body/brain. I was amazed at how many things the Occupational Therapist (OT) suggested that we already did with thank you because he liked to do them. thank you led US, and that is the way the Occupational Therapist (OT) suggested it should be. Things he liked he would do, and they would help.</p><p></p><p>I hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 223220, member: 1233"] This very much sounds like sensory integration problems. Each of my kids has sensory integration disorder (Sensory Integration Disorder (SID)) to some degree. PLEASE take your son to a PRIVATE occupational therapist for a complete evaluation including sensory issues. There are a LOT of things you can do for this - and most of them do NOT involve medications!!! (One of the few areas that we can treat effectively with-o medicine, so it is quite a big deal to me.) You need to read/own 2 books: "The Out Of Sync Child" by Carol Kranowitz and "The Out Of Sync Child Has Fun" by same author. The first book explains Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) and what it can do and how it works in the brain. The 2nd book is packed with activities that feed the various sensory needs the child has. And the activities truly ARE fun, and most are inexpensive or can be modified to be inexpensive. Brushing therapy is totally incredible. It involved using a very soft brush, like a surgical scrub brush with-o soap, and brushign the body in a certain order. You MUST be trained in how to do it because if you brush some areas you can create worse problems. So DO NOT do this until you have been taught how and you have the right brush. At first you do the brushing (on bare skin OR over clothes - whichever your child likes) every 2 hours (or as close to that as you can). Then you gradually space it out as your child progresses. Brushing is followed by very gentle joint compression. This all works to help your child's brain understand where his body is and what it is doing at the time. With thank you the change was just incredible. I really thought we were headed for an ADHD diagnosis at the least, and more likely and Aspergers diagnosis. We have avoided those with brushing and other Occupational Therapist (OT) interventions/accommodations. I stress having a PRIVATE evaluation because the school only evaluates for the impact on academics - not on the impact on the entire child. and if you are only able to get 1 of the books, get the Has Fun one. Your child will tell you if he doesn't like an activity - and that means that something about it isn't right for him and his body/brain. I was amazed at how many things the Occupational Therapist (OT) suggested that we already did with thank you because he liked to do them. thank you led US, and that is the way the Occupational Therapist (OT) suggested it should be. Things he liked he would do, and they would help. I hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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