shivery

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A number of kids have said some tactile sensations made them feel " shivery. "

I've never asked Dan whether he can relate to that word. I agree he will

respond better to ERP.

Judy

Re: S.I. and meds again

Judy, IMO I think the ERP therapy is probably the best route to go

for tactile stuff. Brushing therapy is probably sort of

an " individual " thing. We tried it for but, lazy me or busy

me didn't follow through at home daily like I should have. I know of

some parents that have got great results with their young kids

though. Our OT said it could be 3 mo. before we noticed it working

but other parents have noticed results sooner. There's also

auditory...aww shoot, can't think of the word, had it on the tip of

my tongue...maybe " integration. " Our OT mentioned this to us also.

I've read up some on it and this too has good results with some

people. But as I said above, if your son's willing, I'd do the ERP

first.

's twin has some tactile problems but not enough to

drive us crazy. Gets the " shivers " from some materials, cuts tags

out (not as much now as before), picky about socks but will wear with

seams (tho I've noticed he's tried to cut some seams where the edge

is sort of sewn up in a sort of bump). Anyway, he has gotten better

over the years (will be 13 in January) or maybe he's just better with

dealing with it. There were some work/garden gloves he really wanted

last summer that gave him the " shivers " but he got them and learned

to wear them; I'd asked him why he picked those out if he couldn't

stand the feel of them and he said he really wanted them.

Let us know how everything goes!

P.S. re the brushing. didn't mind it. wanted to be

brushed sometimes. But older brother Randall had me try him and he

could not stand the feel of it! He acted like it gave HIM the

shivers.