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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 384413" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>From what I have been told by psychiatrists, tdocs and Occupational Therapist (OT)'s, many, if not most of the people with various autistic disorders have sensory integration disorder. I have quite a few sensory problems myself, including food issues.</p><p> </p><p>the primary therapy for Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) is brushing therapy combined with joint compressions. You MUST be trained by an Occupational Therapist (OT) because if done wrong it creates real problems. Once you are taught you do it at home and it is easy and usually fast. For us it took about three minutes each time, if we were going slowly. You use a very soft brush, like a surgical scrub brush, and brush the body in a certain pattern. It can be done over clothes or on bare skin. After you brush you gently compress the joints in a certain pattern. To my kids, and myself, it feels AWESOME. It can do incredible things. </p><p> </p><p>The first time I saw it the effects blew me away. The Occupational Therapist (OT) had thank you sit at a table and start to cut something with scissors (he was 5 and not good with them). He said he was no good because he couldn't cut on the line, he was stupid, etc... (NOT prompted or asked anything). The Occupational Therapist (OT) did joint compression on his shoulders and head and all of a sudden he was cutting better AND saying positive things about himself!!! She did NOTHING other than gently squeeze his shoulders and head!!! NOTHING!!! It has made a HUGE difference in meltdowns with thank you, and even calms Jessie down at times. </p><p> </p><p>The author of out of sync child has a book called "the out of sync child has fun" and in my opinion it may be more useful to you. it provides FUN things to do that help all sorts of sensory issues. It has ways to do them cheaply, and lots of tips/tricks. I have gotten a LOT more use of it than the first one. The first book is well worth reading, but the second is more day to day useful, in my opinion. </p><p> </p><p>If you can get her into an Occupational Therapist (OT) for an evaluation quickly, you can learn how to do the brushing. The brushing therapy is AWESOME for helping anxiety and might help her drink her shakes easier. It is a big help with my kids wehn they get anxious and/or upset. So it might be useful to tackle that if you can get into someone in the next week or two. We didn't have a long wait once we found an Occupational Therapist (OT) who could do the evaluation. It took maybe an hour to do the evaluation and training, 90 min at the most. </p><p> </p><p>This is definitely something to pursue to help difficult child!!! Brushing is PROVEN to create new pathways in the brain to help the body use sensory input, and it uses NO medication to do it!! (and isn't THAT rare!!!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 384413, member: 1233"] From what I have been told by psychiatrists, tdocs and Occupational Therapist (OT)'s, many, if not most of the people with various autistic disorders have sensory integration disorder. I have quite a few sensory problems myself, including food issues. the primary therapy for Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) is brushing therapy combined with joint compressions. You MUST be trained by an Occupational Therapist (OT) because if done wrong it creates real problems. Once you are taught you do it at home and it is easy and usually fast. For us it took about three minutes each time, if we were going slowly. You use a very soft brush, like a surgical scrub brush, and brush the body in a certain pattern. It can be done over clothes or on bare skin. After you brush you gently compress the joints in a certain pattern. To my kids, and myself, it feels AWESOME. It can do incredible things. The first time I saw it the effects blew me away. The Occupational Therapist (OT) had thank you sit at a table and start to cut something with scissors (he was 5 and not good with them). He said he was no good because he couldn't cut on the line, he was stupid, etc... (NOT prompted or asked anything). The Occupational Therapist (OT) did joint compression on his shoulders and head and all of a sudden he was cutting better AND saying positive things about himself!!! She did NOTHING other than gently squeeze his shoulders and head!!! NOTHING!!! It has made a HUGE difference in meltdowns with thank you, and even calms Jessie down at times. The author of out of sync child has a book called "the out of sync child has fun" and in my opinion it may be more useful to you. it provides FUN things to do that help all sorts of sensory issues. It has ways to do them cheaply, and lots of tips/tricks. I have gotten a LOT more use of it than the first one. The first book is well worth reading, but the second is more day to day useful, in my opinion. If you can get her into an Occupational Therapist (OT) for an evaluation quickly, you can learn how to do the brushing. The brushing therapy is AWESOME for helping anxiety and might help her drink her shakes easier. It is a big help with my kids wehn they get anxious and/or upset. So it might be useful to tackle that if you can get into someone in the next week or two. We didn't have a long wait once we found an Occupational Therapist (OT) who could do the evaluation. It took maybe an hour to do the evaluation and training, 90 min at the most. This is definitely something to pursue to help difficult child!!! Brushing is PROVEN to create new pathways in the brain to help the body use sensory input, and it uses NO medication to do it!! (and isn't THAT rare!!!) [/QUOTE]
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