Re: sensory diet - help

August 10, 2001

diets? you mean food, or activities? participates in several sensory

activities through out his day, and he has a pic schedule too for school. At

home we tend to stick to routine as much as possible with pic symobls here and

there to help nathan along, plus some pic/word chores on the fridge i just put

the chore under the person whose turn it is. This helps both my boys. I would

suggest a digital camera if have one, we dont i just use a poloroid, it works

pretty good, and then pic/word symbols for mayer johnson or others too. As for

food issues, this is a constant at our house for nathan. Last night for instance

he refused and refused t eat, and I wont force him, so finally a good hour

later, his little brother was also taking his slow sweet time it was an awesome

chicken casserole, but kids their taste buds are always changing,hmmm Anyways

when everyone was done form the table I asked him again if he was going to eat,

and he said no, so i said then you can go to bed no tv etc etc, so he pottied

etc and went up to bed, i tucked him in, and he read books for awhile and fell

asleep by 830pm, a record for him,lol and didnt wake up until 730am this morning

two records in one setting,lol. During the day I usually stick wiht fun finger

foods etc, but supper is our best balanced and family meal and nathan has

learned to participate well at supper, often still refuses to eat, unless i feed

him or some major interveneing, he has a very hard time with may textures. But

now I have seen him eat with little to no gagging and starting to chew so he

must make the move to eat, we continue to encourage him and praise for great

jobs eating appropriate food at adequate amounts. But he continues to refuse I

dont battle with him anymore, he is 10yrs now its not worth the battle to us for

a time that is supposed to be nice and family time. And he is dealing with it

fine so far, so i will stick with what works for nathan. shawna.

sensory diet - help

Naturehey all,

i rarely post so how bout another intro?

me: sandy child: gabby age: 5

gabby has significant problems with her sensory system. she's defensive to

soft touch and sounds. she has big time problems with attention issues... mainly

that she doesn't pay attention or cannot because of all of her sensory needs.

i met with her OT today and was hoping to come up w a sensory diet - or a

schedule so that i know what kinds of activities i should be doing with her etc.

for me, it would work better in schedule format just because i'm much more of a

visual person.

has anyone used sensory diets with your kids? do you have any suggestions on

how i can make a very thorough one. the OTs offered me two generic schedules

that just... were kind of disappointing.

thanks in advance,

sandy

August 10, 2001

Hi Sandy, I'm , mom to Will age 5 . Wills OT came up with an

individualized plan for him for sensory diet on a daily basis broken down

into hourly intervals. We shared this information with his school and

daycare and so we all followed the same plan. His big problem was

self-stimulation, hitting his head with toys or hand and that was

interfering with his ability to learn or focus. We did brushing , joint

compression, bouncing on ball, and I got a dizzy disc to spin him on. At

night to calm him down we roll him on his ball slowly (works sometimes). Ask

her to make an individual plan based on gabbys needs and daily routine.

Hope this helps,write some more if you can, its nice to find another 5 year

old! Does she talk at all?

sensory diet - help

> Naturehey all,

>

> i rarely post so how bout another intro?

>

> me: sandy child: gabby age: 5

>

> gabby has significant problems with her sensory system. she's defensive to

soft touch and sounds. she has big time problems with attention issues...

mainly that she doesn't pay attention or cannot because of all of her

sensory needs.

>

> i met with her OT today and was hoping to come up w a sensory diet - or a

schedule so that i know what kinds of activities i should be doing with her

etc. for me, it would work better in schedule format just because i'm much

more of a visual person.

>

> has anyone used sensory diets with your kids? do you have any suggestions

on how i can make a very thorough one. the OTs offered me two generic

schedules that just... were kind of disappointing.

>

> thanks in advance,

> sandy

>

August 10, 2001

Hi , Im I also have a 5 year old son with ds/asd. His name

is .

We are currently potty training, he is doing very well. I know you were

curious about communication. is non-verbal, he is doing the pecs

system at home and at school. He really doesn't understand at this point

to much of the spoken language yet. Where do you live? I am in CT. I

think there is only one other person from CT on the list. (Charlyene].

- mom to alek 8, andrew 7, bailey 5- ds/asd, logan 3 and liam 1

1/2. yea!!!

August 10, 2001

Sandy ,

I just wanted you to know my husband and I fell in love with Gabby's

picture . So you're the mommy . I told my husband I want her , ok ,

impossible , wishful thinking . I pray you find answers for Gabby ,

you take good care of my little cyber girl . : ) Keep us posted on

what you've worked on the sensory issues . Take Care.

Irma , 13 , DS/ASD.

> Naturehey all,

>

> i rarely post so how bout another intro?

>

> me: sandy child: gabby age: 5

>

> gabby has significant problems with her sensory system. she's

defensive to soft touch and sounds. she has big time problems with

attention issues... mainly that she doesn't pay attention or cannot

because of all of her sensory needs.

>

> i met with her OT today and was hoping to come up w a sensory diet -

or a schedule so that i know what kinds of activities i should be

doing with her etc. for me, it would work better in schedule format

just because i'm much more of a visual person.

>

> has anyone used sensory diets with your kids? do you have any

suggestions on how i can make a very thorough one. the OTs offered me

two generic schedules that just... were kind of disappointing.

>

> thanks in advance,

> sandy

>

August 10, 2001

Hi Sandy ,

I believe somebody on this post had shared this info awhile back .

Thought I would repeat this issue

http://abcnews.go.com/onair/2020/2020_sensoryintegration_feature.html

, there is so much info and I'm glad you're here to find actual e-

friends to share what they've learned and experienced . Good Luck : ).

Irma , 13,DS/ASD.

>

> > Naturehey all,

> >

> > i rarely post so how bout another intro?

> >

> > me: sandy child: gabby age: 5

> >

> > gabby has significant problems with her sensory system. she's

> defensive to soft touch and sounds. she has big time problems with

> attention issues... mainly that she doesn't pay attention or cannot

> because of all of her sensory needs.

> >

> > i met with her OT today and was hoping to come up w a sensory

diet -

> or a schedule so that i know what kinds of activities i should be

> doing with her etc. for me, it would work better in schedule format

> just because i'm much more of a visual person.

> >

> > has anyone used sensory diets with your kids? do you have any

> suggestions on how i can make a very thorough one. the OTs offered

me

> two generic schedules that just... were kind of disappointing.

> >

> > thanks in advance,

> > sandy

> >

August 10, 2001

Sorry Sandy ,

The website I wrote on one of the post is no longer available . Its

http://www.nashvillesid.com/index4aarticles.htm or

http://www.sinetwork.org/

Irma , 13, DS/ASD.

August 10, 2001

Hi

No, Gabby is non verbal. Like lots of kids with autism, she developed some

language shortly after her first birthday and then regressed. How is Will's

language development? It is kind of interesting to hear from another mom of a 5

year old...

I'm definitly going to talk with the OTs again next week. I left Thursday and

felt... so frustrated and confused and a bit angry. They seem to be awesome OTs

who know their stuff so maybe they're just not used to a anal mom like me

Sandy

sensory diet - help

> Naturehey all,

>

> i rarely post so how bout another intro?

>

> me: sandy child: gabby age: 5

>

> gabby has significant problems with her sensory system. she's defensive to

soft touch and sounds. she has big time problems with attention issues...

mainly that she doesn't pay attention or cannot because of all of her

sensory needs.

>

> i met with her OT today and was hoping to come up w a sensory diet - or a

schedule so that i know what kinds of activities i should be doing with her

etc. for me, it would work better in schedule format just because i'm much

more of a visual person.

>

> has anyone used sensory diets with your kids? do you have any suggestions

on how i can make a very thorough one. the OTs offered me two generic

schedules that just... were kind of disappointing.

>

> thanks in advance,

> sandy

>

August 10, 2001

Hi and melanie (again) - hey it's the 5-year-old club...

I forgot to elaborate on Gabby's communication. She is using PECS and mom went a

little coo-coo after seeing Joan's workshop at the NDSS conference... I printed

out about a million PECS pics that she probably isn't even ready for yet. i

think we really need to start with real life pictures.

I just saw a very good depressing movie about a child w autism " Cries from the

Heart " and I noticed that the teacher in that movie (Patty Duke no less) began

by matching real life pics to objects and now I'm wondering if this would work

better.

What's the deal with your guys' PECS and ST? Do you use real life pics or the

mayer johnson stuff or both?

Sandy

Re: sensory diet - help

Hi , Im I also have a 5 year old son with ds/asd. His name

is .

We are currently potty training, he is doing very well. I know you were

curious about communication. is non-verbal, he is doing the pecs

system at home and at school. He really doesn't understand at this point

to much of the spoken language yet. Where do you live? I am in CT. I

think there is only one other person from CT on the list. (Charlyene].

- mom to alek 8, andrew 7, bailey 5- ds/asd, logan 3 and liam 1

1/2. yea!!!

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August 10, 2001

Irma.... you know she's free for the weekend LOL Where are you??

I'm joking of course.... or am I? hrmm...

Thanks for the compliment. She is a sweetheart but really quite a handfull. And

we've cut the little brat princess' hair since that pic was taken. It was

mommy's way to sort of remember her long beautiful straight hair.

Sandy

Eternally Curly

Re: sensory diet - help

Sandy ,

I just wanted you to know my husband and I fell in love with Gabby's

picture . So you're the mommy . I told my husband I want her , ok ,

impossible , wishful thinking . I pray you find answers for Gabby ,

you take good care of my little cyber girl . : ) Keep us posted on

what you've worked on the sensory issues . Take Care.

Irma , 13 , DS/ASD.

> Naturehey all,

>

> i rarely post so how bout another intro?

>

> me: sandy child: gabby age: 5

>

> gabby has significant problems with her sensory system. she's

defensive to soft touch and sounds. she has big time problems with

attention issues... mainly that she doesn't pay attention or cannot

because of all of her sensory needs.

>

> i met with her OT today and was hoping to come up w a sensory diet -

or a schedule so that i know what kinds of activities i should be

doing with her etc. for me, it would work better in schedule format

just because i'm much more of a visual person.

>

> has anyone used sensory diets with your kids? do you have any

suggestions on how i can make a very thorough one. the OTs offered me

two generic schedules that just... were kind of disappointing.

>

> thanks in advance,

> sandy

>

August 10, 2001

In a message dated 8/10/2001 4:12:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

jfcanfield@... writes:

> Hi Sandy ,

> I believe somebody on this post had shared this info awhile back .

> Thought I would repeat this issue

> http://abcnews.go.com/onair/2020/2020_sensoryintegration_feature.html

> , there is so much info and I'm glad you're here to find actual e-

> friends to share what they've learned and experienced . Good Luck : ).

> Irma , 13,DS/ASD.

Hi Irma,

Thanks for that site address.I just had a new special ed teacher here looking

for info on sensory integration.Your timing was perfect.Following your

training troubles good luck.

Charlyne

Mom to Zeb 8 DS-?

August 10, 2001

Hi...I am just starting to use real pics. I bought one of those little Izone

cameras that have those little pictures in sticker form. My plan is to take

real pictures of doing stuff and then using that for his schedule board

etc. I just bought the camera yesterday so I haven't started this yet. The

film is kind of expensive so I am going to have to really plan what I want to

do...I'll let you know how it works out. My feeling is that Nick will do better

with real pictures.

Re: sensory diet - help

Hi , Im I also have a 5 year old son with ds/asd. His name

is .

We are currently potty training, he is doing very well. I know you were

curious about communication. is non-verbal, he is doing the pecs

system at home and at school. He really doesn't understand at this point

to much of the spoken language yet. Where do you live? I am in CT. I

think there is only one other person from CT on the list. (Charlyene].

- mom to alek 8, andrew 7, bailey 5- ds/asd, logan 3 and liam 1

1/2. yea!!!

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our kids. Share favorite bookmarks, ideas, and other information by including

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August 10, 2001

Sandy, I forget where you live, but your local " regular " autism support group

would be the place to ask around for who the best OT's are in your locale for

providing sensory integration. (And don't be shy about asking who is LICENSED in

SI. Having that license makes a huge difference.) School therapists may or may

not be versed in SI. And the OT really really really does make a difference.

Better yet are the places where the speech therapists and the OT's are both

doing SI to the point where one always complements the other. Speech activities

will incorporate SI and OT will incoporate good language intervention as well.

(I.e, since platform swinging can stimulate language foe some kids, 5-7 minutes

in this typ of seing before speech therapy may prime the child very nicely for

the therapist. My son always yaks a lot during and after swinging time.

Beth Mum to Ben, age 11

> > has anyone used sensory diets with your kids? do you have any suggestions

>

> on how i can make a very thorough one. the OTs offered me two generic

>

> schedules that just... were kind of disappointing.

>

August 10, 2001

Wow thanks Beth! I had never looked at it from that standpoint - that ST

should include SI but it makes complete sense... thanks for mentioning it. Her

ST is an odd cookie and sort of set in her ways but I'm working on her...