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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 497048" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Sounds like a good appointment. She really seems to have a good handle on V and the entire situation. I hope you know what a HUGE blessing that is. </p><p></p><p>Repeating V's words back to you helps him understand what he is telling you. I know that sounds odd - how could he tell you something and not understand it? It will help make sure that what he is thinking is what his words are conveying. That is one of the goals for this. Often our kids don't fully grasp the meaning of the words they use and they say things that do not accurately reflect what they mean. t can be super frustrating. I would push for speech and audtory testing to help identify problems in those areas as they are HUGE stumbling blocks.</p><p></p><p>not understanding emotions is not as uncommon as you might think. One thing that can help is a feelings poster. We used a flip book instead. The poster has pictures of different expressions and the emotion under each. We found a flip book version when Wiz was about 9 or 10 and would have him change it to show how he was feeling right then - it let us see what he felt inside when he couldn't tell us any other way. We also did exercise with it where we used it to try to show how a character in one of his books was feeling at a certain point. That might not be helpful to V though. Wiz was very very very verbal and read a ton, many years above grade level, and this was a way to help him figure out emotions and that other people actually had them, that he wasn't the only person in the world with feelings that mattered. </p><p></p><p>At V's age I would really push the sensory stuff and the emotional stuff. Given that he is an abstract kind of kid, not a linear thinker, this is going to take work. Social stories may end up being a super useful tool. You can buy them or write them yourself to fit whatever is going on. </p><p></p><p>As you delve into all of this, remember that the more senses you can involve in learning something, the more the brain is going to absorb it and be able to use it. If you are doing math, use beads, toys, macaroni, recipes. If you are working on letters, cut them out of different material, write them in pudding, anything you can think of. If he is a texture kid, create alphabets out of different materials. cut letters out of sandpaper and glue them onto cards/boards. Cut them out of sponges and get them wet and cold or warm, cut them out of anything you can think of. </p><p></p><p>Maybe to help with identifying emotions, get pictures of his face and the face of people he knows when they are expressing that emotion and make a book. A cheap photo book from the dollar store that you can stick pictures in will work. I used to LOVE being home iwth the kids because we could do this stuff. If you need ideas, let me know the skill or goal and I wll brainstorm. </p><p></p><p>Follow your instincts with him. When we had the Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation with thank you I was really really surprised. 80-90% of the things she recommended that we do with thank you were things we were already doing because he liked to do them. She suggested various craft things and out of the list that took 2 pages single spaced I spent less than $10 because I already had that stuff because he and Wiz and Jess liked that stuff. We used some differently, but the kids led me in the direction they needed to go. I think most kids do this if we pay attention and turn off the electronics. But that is the challenge, Know what I mean??</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 497048, member: 1233"] Sounds like a good appointment. She really seems to have a good handle on V and the entire situation. I hope you know what a HUGE blessing that is. Repeating V's words back to you helps him understand what he is telling you. I know that sounds odd - how could he tell you something and not understand it? It will help make sure that what he is thinking is what his words are conveying. That is one of the goals for this. Often our kids don't fully grasp the meaning of the words they use and they say things that do not accurately reflect what they mean. t can be super frustrating. I would push for speech and audtory testing to help identify problems in those areas as they are HUGE stumbling blocks. not understanding emotions is not as uncommon as you might think. One thing that can help is a feelings poster. We used a flip book instead. The poster has pictures of different expressions and the emotion under each. We found a flip book version when Wiz was about 9 or 10 and would have him change it to show how he was feeling right then - it let us see what he felt inside when he couldn't tell us any other way. We also did exercise with it where we used it to try to show how a character in one of his books was feeling at a certain point. That might not be helpful to V though. Wiz was very very very verbal and read a ton, many years above grade level, and this was a way to help him figure out emotions and that other people actually had them, that he wasn't the only person in the world with feelings that mattered. At V's age I would really push the sensory stuff and the emotional stuff. Given that he is an abstract kind of kid, not a linear thinker, this is going to take work. Social stories may end up being a super useful tool. You can buy them or write them yourself to fit whatever is going on. As you delve into all of this, remember that the more senses you can involve in learning something, the more the brain is going to absorb it and be able to use it. If you are doing math, use beads, toys, macaroni, recipes. If you are working on letters, cut them out of different material, write them in pudding, anything you can think of. If he is a texture kid, create alphabets out of different materials. cut letters out of sandpaper and glue them onto cards/boards. Cut them out of sponges and get them wet and cold or warm, cut them out of anything you can think of. Maybe to help with identifying emotions, get pictures of his face and the face of people he knows when they are expressing that emotion and make a book. A cheap photo book from the dollar store that you can stick pictures in will work. I used to LOVE being home iwth the kids because we could do this stuff. If you need ideas, let me know the skill or goal and I wll brainstorm. Follow your instincts with him. When we had the Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation with thank you I was really really surprised. 80-90% of the things she recommended that we do with thank you were things we were already doing because he liked to do them. She suggested various craft things and out of the list that took 2 pages single spaced I spent less than $10 because I already had that stuff because he and Wiz and Jess liked that stuff. We used some differently, but the kids led me in the direction they needed to go. I think most kids do this if we pay attention and turn off the electronics. But that is the challenge, Know what I mean?? [/QUOTE]
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