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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 38239" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>That definitely sounds like sensory issues. If an Occupational Therapist (OT) can help, that is great. We've not had a lot of luck there - having one in the family has been the best help - perhaps because things work a bit differently down here. What we've done has been to try to find ways around it for ourselves. You can't just bulldoze through it and hope it will work out, because you will still have a kid who isn't coping too well.</p><p></p><p>What we've done - we worked with schools as far as possible to reduce sensory overload in general. During quiet class work we provided difficult child 3 with headphones and a portable CD player. We let him help choose the music, with the rules t hat there weren't to be any lyrics (or he would sing along) and it couldn't be too stimulating (ie no heavy metal). We found the best music was Handel, Mozart, Japanese animé and techno. Some of the lighter Beethoven, such as Pastorale and 9th Symphony, work well too. By listening to that he was able to not hear, or reduce, any sounds which bothered him. Classmates were curious and were pushing to be allowed the same privilege, but the teacher explained to them that THEY would have to listen to classical music as well, so they rapidly lost interest.</p><p></p><p>At home and in the car (or when out and about and finding things too much) he listens to our iPod, which has his school music files on it. We no longer have a ban on music with lyrics so we generally let him choose fairly freely. He's working out for himself which distracts him and which enables him.</p><p></p><p>Some sounds don't bother him when we would expect that they would - thunder is not a problem (apart from him wanting to rush through the house and shut down all computers to safeguard them). Shrill sounds have always been a worry for him. Repetitive thumps bother him because he says he can feel them (like earthmoving equipment ANYWHERE in the village). Sometimes an OK sound can be very loud and still not worry him, but other sounds can be almost inaudible to others and he just can't cope.</p><p></p><p>For some it's textures, for others it's visual. And as you will have read, there is also body awareness (or lack of it) connected to this too. Food can be a big one - taste, plus texture and sometimes colour too. Being either hypersensitive or insensitive to hot or cold; supersensitive to seams in clothing, or the label inside the collar. My girls HATE to wear pure wool next to their skin - the softest wool still feels scratchy and they just won't wear it. The boys are even worse. I've known a number of Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kids to only wear t-shirts inside out.</p><p></p><p>It's a matter of studying the individual child, listing the things that are a problem, and finding an alternative. If the child is old enough involve them in the choices.</p><p></p><p>Life is never dull with kids like ours.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 38239, member: 1991"] That definitely sounds like sensory issues. If an Occupational Therapist (OT) can help, that is great. We've not had a lot of luck there - having one in the family has been the best help - perhaps because things work a bit differently down here. What we've done has been to try to find ways around it for ourselves. You can't just bulldoze through it and hope it will work out, because you will still have a kid who isn't coping too well. What we've done - we worked with schools as far as possible to reduce sensory overload in general. During quiet class work we provided difficult child 3 with headphones and a portable CD player. We let him help choose the music, with the rules t hat there weren't to be any lyrics (or he would sing along) and it couldn't be too stimulating (ie no heavy metal). We found the best music was Handel, Mozart, Japanese animé and techno. Some of the lighter Beethoven, such as Pastorale and 9th Symphony, work well too. By listening to that he was able to not hear, or reduce, any sounds which bothered him. Classmates were curious and were pushing to be allowed the same privilege, but the teacher explained to them that THEY would have to listen to classical music as well, so they rapidly lost interest. At home and in the car (or when out and about and finding things too much) he listens to our iPod, which has his school music files on it. We no longer have a ban on music with lyrics so we generally let him choose fairly freely. He's working out for himself which distracts him and which enables him. Some sounds don't bother him when we would expect that they would - thunder is not a problem (apart from him wanting to rush through the house and shut down all computers to safeguard them). Shrill sounds have always been a worry for him. Repetitive thumps bother him because he says he can feel them (like earthmoving equipment ANYWHERE in the village). Sometimes an OK sound can be very loud and still not worry him, but other sounds can be almost inaudible to others and he just can't cope. For some it's textures, for others it's visual. And as you will have read, there is also body awareness (or lack of it) connected to this too. Food can be a big one - taste, plus texture and sometimes colour too. Being either hypersensitive or insensitive to hot or cold; supersensitive to seams in clothing, or the label inside the collar. My girls HATE to wear pure wool next to their skin - the softest wool still feels scratchy and they just won't wear it. The boys are even worse. I've known a number of Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kids to only wear t-shirts inside out. It's a matter of studying the individual child, listing the things that are a problem, and finding an alternative. If the child is old enough involve them in the choices. Life is never dull with kids like ours. Marg [/QUOTE]
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