Re: sensory equipment question

[Guest guest]

We too have a trampouline, which we use for pre-fine motor exercise.

We've found that our 9yo AS/HFA son tolerates frustration better and

longer (hence making him more " available " to gain new skills!) if we

give him heavy sensory exercise beforehand. In bad weather, we use a gym

mat and play the " squishy taco " game where we fold the mat over him and

squish him -- kind of like Temple Grandin's machine. When he was

smaller, we used to have a blow-up pool with higher sides (2+ft?) and

filled it with plastic balls. That worked ok, and he loved it, but it's

more expensive takes kind of a lot of room. One other thing my son

developed for himself was jumping down stairs. I was never wild about

it, but since we couldn't stop him from doing it spontaneously, I tried

to do damage control by allowing it under specific conditions.

Eventually we made a landing pad with huge pillows. For us, almost

anything we did helped for at least a little while for at least

something, but by the same token, nothing works all the time in all

circumstances. We've purchased some things from Southpaw Enterprises,

but have also just gotten ideas to try by browsing through the

catalogue.I think their website is www.southpaw.com Good luck!

[Guest guest]

I've seen trampoline's for indoor use, called rebounders. There are some

with handles for the wild jumper. We, too, have a 9 yr old HFA who thrives

with jumping. He can be a couch potato and the jumping is perfect. We have

the big trampoline outside and are getting the rebounder with handle for

inside use. He is a big kid (almost 5 feet tall and 85 pounds), so we are

getting the one for adults.

Priscilla

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