Guest guest Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 Hi Steph The exercises are suitable for all people of any ability. Many of the children have no noticeable understanding of words and very little control of their muscles... and the exercises work brilliantly.. My daughter does all the massages on herself, and Doran 's son, now 31 has up until the last year had someone do the massages on him.. and they have both gained a lot. They are sometimes really sort staffed on the admin side, so I know that sometimes admin things are not totally brilliant. However the actual massage and therapy side is always very good and done with a high level of care. Caudwell and Tree of hope will fund TST- There are a number of families on this group who have all had gains using the TST therapy. Results are best if a little massage is done consistently. Even a few minutes a day will make a difference. Best Wishes Tracey On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 7:22 PM, <mark.grabiec@...> wrote: I'm really interested in this but when I emailed them I got one back saying " Yes, we think this would be perfect for Archie... " and my son's name is Tom. Which made me wobble a bit. How responsive does a child need to be to instruction for it work? He is very good at undertstanding actions but things like breathe in, breathe out, might be harder. Has anyone tried this with a child who's not high functioning? As he's doing so well, I'd like to take him to the next stage but am also a bit skint so won't want to invest in anything that he can't access. Any ideas would be gratefully received Steph x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Hi Steph, My younger son ph (autism, severe learning difficulties) is low functioning and we have managed to implement the therapy with him. The only real requirement is that they lie still and tolerate you touching them. Joe only managed a few seconds at a time a first, but gradually tolerated more. It's a big commitment in terms of money and time, but we are seeing improvements in awareness and speech as well as physical changes. We do have some issues with increased stimming at times, but this comes and goes. We are due to go for our third visit in July. HTH Nic From: Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2010 7:22 PM Autism Treatment Subject: Scotson advice I'm really interested in this but when I emailed them I got one back saying "Yes, we think this would be perfect for Archie..." and my son's name is Tom. Which made me wobble a bit. How responsive does a child need to be to instruction for it work? He is very good at undertstanding actions but things like breathe in, breathe out, might be harder. Has anyone tried this with a child who's not high functioning? As he's doing so well, I'd like to take him to the next stage but am also a bit skint so won't want to invest in anything that he can't access. Any ideas would be gratefully receivedSteph x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 that's really interesting, many thanks. x > > Hi Steph, > > My younger son ph (autism, severe learning difficulties) is low functioning and we have managed to implement the therapy with him. The only real requirement is that they lie still and tolerate you touching them. Joe only managed a few seconds at a time a first, but gradually tolerated more. It's a big commitment in terms of money and time, but we are seeing improvements in awareness and speech as well as physical changes. We do have some issues with increased stimming at times, but this comes and goes. We are due to go for our third visit in July. > > HTH > > Nic > > > > From: > Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2010 7:22 PM > Autism Treatment > Subject: Scotson advice > > > > I'm really interested in this but when I emailed them I got one back saying " Yes, we think this would be perfect for Archie... " and my son's name is Tom. Which made me wobble a bit. How responsive does a child need to be to instruction for it work? He is very good at undertstanding actions but things like breathe in, breathe out, might be harder. Has anyone tried this with a child who's not high functioning? As he's doing so well, I'd like to take him to the next stage but am also a bit skint so won't want to invest in anything that he can't access. Any ideas would be gratefully received > > Steph x > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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