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01-18-2009, 04:55 AM | #1 |
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Adding my good wishes to the pile, Clod. It may not seem like it at the moment, but identifying the problem is three-quarters of the solution.
Hugs to you and your family.
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I know everyone had so many good words of wisdom.
I like these responses just because they are natural ways to cultivate child development. As far as diagnosis, experts and public schools they need to get back to the basics. These kids were just fine in school 50 years ago before diagnosis and boxing kids in became some kind of a crusade. That might seem strange for a special education provider to say but I do believe that kids with normal/high intelligence should just be let free a little more. I hope the current trends in school change alot for the better. Quote:
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I did a quick Medline search for "Sensory Processing Disorder" and "Sensory Integration Dysfunction " but came up empty handed. Autism/Aspergers have tons of papers. This is the most recent review I could find. It's not available directly via ejournal, but I am requesting it and once I have it, I'll send you (and anyone else who PM's me) a copy. If you see any other articles you want, just let me know.
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01-29-2009, 09:34 AM | #4 |
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Since it got bumped, I suppose I should offer an update on things: The hyperactivity is much more under control, now that we have a better idea of what sets him off and what helps him feel more grounded. Turns out trips to the grocery store are weirdly therapeutic because he gets to ride standing up in the basket, and getting that swerving/swinging motion is supposed to be really calming (and the results are definitely observable on our end.) During the especially hellish time period prior to his diagnosis, it just happened that he hadn't managed to go to the store with me in weeks because of a variety of coincidental circumstances. Now I make up excuses to go at least every few days. We eventually had success in making his toys as heavy as possible like we were told to, but there were some failures at first. Let it be known that rice plus white glue will lead to mold. We had to throw out that collection of duplo blocks, but I filled the replacements with steel shot and glue instead, and those have worked beautifully. Also, no matter how confident you are that the thick plastic dinosaur will be water-tight after you seal it with hot glue, you will be wrong. Better to just fill it with steel shot from the beginning. Each time we returned a newly-weighted toy to him, you could tell he was exceedingly pleased with it. The downside is all this hefting weights will only make him stronger when he decides it's time for a flailing meltdown.
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As for the other symptoms, not a whole lot of progress can really be expected right away. We are pushing harder on making him say more complete phrases even if we know what he wants, and we're supposed to discourage the echolalia as much as we can. That one is hard for me though, because I am certain that part of the reason he's as social as he is is we have happily encouraged his communication up to this point, even though it's not a typical conversation style. The compromise is that rather than ignoring it, I try to instead act as if it is a normal conversation. "Oh yes, that's from TV show X. Do you like that show? It is a good show." I can tell he's not happy with this change though, and I'm trying to carefully walk the line between training him out of his abnormal habits while not overly discouraging him. |
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01-29-2009, 11:29 AM | #6 |
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01-29-2009, 04:39 PM | #7 |
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01-29-2009, 11:29 AM | #8 |
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Why don't you just get a grocery cart for home? They're free!
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01-29-2009, 03:09 PM | #9 |
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really barking with laughter.
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I think/hope I speak for the class when I say that we will not grow weary of reading updates so err on the side of posting more often.
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01-30-2009, 05:44 AM | #11 |
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ditto that!
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01-29-2009, 02:28 PM | #12 |
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Clobble you are so insanely awesome.
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01-29-2009, 03:28 PM | #13 |
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you can modify them too. My ceramics instructor has one in his yard designed for streetracing and fitted with a circular saw blade on the front to clear the crowds...... but you could start small:
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01-30-2009, 05:19 PM | #15 |
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there's a local equivalent. I think he may have moved on from that, though -he's currently developing very expensive lightweight electric bikes.
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