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<blockquote data-quote="lovelyboy" data-source="post: 528660" data-attributes="member: 8045"><p>Malika....I really hope and trust that you please read up a bit on sensory integration.....you can also find good questionares to complete, also included in the Out of sync Child book or on the net......according to the results ypu can see if your child is sensory seeking or avoiding.....and then they will allso give info on possible ways to help your child....I will just try and simplify it to explain:It's like a spectrum but more like a cylinder.....on the one end you get sensory sensitivity(or avoiding) and on the other sensory seeking behavior.Just to make it complicated...then you get the child, like my little one....who avoids stimuli, for example labels of clothing, hair being washed or cut.....and seeking stimuli, for example like heavy blankets on him to calm him or might jump and run into things.....No hyperactivity is not a symptom of sensory integration dysfunction.....the sensory seeking behavior can look like hyperactive behavior.....ADHD has the hyperactive behaviour and attention aspects combined.....A child that seems hyperactive could be seeking sensory stimulation.....they might be seeking vestibular stimuli (for example spinning themselves, rocking, hanging upside down) or they might need tactile and proprioception sensation to get their nerves system in the " just right" mode....to calm themselves or to be activated into action....for example, jumping on furniture, bumping into stuff, touching everything...exct.Some kids need little stimuli to be activated into action and some are "slow warmuppers", who seems more sedentary and need more stimuli to get them going.....Then some kids who gets overstimulated will go into "shut down" mode where they will look " spaced out" and just stare into space or go and hide under a blanket or even go into meltdown(this must NOT be confused with a temper tantrum)......Hope this will help a bit.....Ps.....to let you know how far these things can effect a child.....some kids will even not be willing to eat with knife and fork, because of the temperature or texture, would prefer to eat with their hands!Some will not register if their faces is dirty or register pain or will be able to tolerate plenty of pain....this is all SI stuff.....or close their eyes to bright light or not make eye contact....exct.Hope this will help a bit!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lovelyboy, post: 528660, member: 8045"] Malika....I really hope and trust that you please read up a bit on sensory integration.....you can also find good questionares to complete, also included in the Out of sync Child book or on the net......according to the results ypu can see if your child is sensory seeking or avoiding.....and then they will allso give info on possible ways to help your child....I will just try and simplify it to explain:It's like a spectrum but more like a cylinder.....on the one end you get sensory sensitivity(or avoiding) and on the other sensory seeking behavior.Just to make it complicated...then you get the child, like my little one....who avoids stimuli, for example labels of clothing, hair being washed or cut.....and seeking stimuli, for example like heavy blankets on him to calm him or might jump and run into things.....No hyperactivity is not a symptom of sensory integration dysfunction.....the sensory seeking behavior can look like hyperactive behavior.....ADHD has the hyperactive behaviour and attention aspects combined.....A child that seems hyperactive could be seeking sensory stimulation.....they might be seeking vestibular stimuli (for example spinning themselves, rocking, hanging upside down) or they might need tactile and proprioception sensation to get their nerves system in the " just right" mode....to calm themselves or to be activated into action....for example, jumping on furniture, bumping into stuff, touching everything...exct.Some kids need little stimuli to be activated into action and some are "slow warmuppers", who seems more sedentary and need more stimuli to get them going.....Then some kids who gets overstimulated will go into "shut down" mode where they will look " spaced out" and just stare into space or go and hide under a blanket or even go into meltdown(this must NOT be confused with a temper tantrum)......Hope this will help a bit.....Ps.....to let you know how far these things can effect a child.....some kids will even not be willing to eat with knife and fork, because of the temperature or texture, would prefer to eat with their hands!Some will not register if their faces is dirty or register pain or will be able to tolerate plenty of pain....this is all SI stuff.....or close their eyes to bright light or not make eye contact....exct.Hope this will help a bit! [/QUOTE]
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