Sensory Integration

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We've found SI to be extremely helpful for my son. He saw an OT trained in

Ayers SI for about a year and a half and we continued to do SI activities for

years afterward as a part of our home program. His need for them has

lessened significantly over time but there's nothing like some vestibular

input (spin or swing) to get him focused and help him perform better on work.

The Wilbarger Brushing program has also been helpful to him though he never

needed it every two hours like some recommend. Twice a day is really helpful

though.

Gaylen

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Hi ,

My son is one of those " mixed ADHD " types. He was always hyper, not a good

sleeper, picky eater, and also has auditory processing issues. Although he

has some traits that resembles autism, he does not have a diagnosis. His

blood work shows a low killer cell count, and he does seem to have some type

of virus. He is taking famvir and we just switched him from zoloft to paxil.

I would still encourage you to see Dr. Goldberg, and I will continue to

follow the protocol until my son's bloodwork looks better. I have not

given up hope that his behavior will improve as his brain heals, but I feel I

have to look into other therapies to help us cope in the meantime.

Julee

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the ayers sensory program in torrence, ca? i was there a year ago. it was

for five days of intensive with a really knowledgable therapist.

unfortunately, the center was in the process of " closing down " and i never

recd a report from the time my son was there. so, today, i dont know what is

going on. but, to answer your question, yes, for the five day intensive

program, i liked it!

vicki in los angeles

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Dear List members,

My 7 year old has always been a little scared

of vacum cleaners,grinders,mowers etc. Any machine that makes a

loud sound. But for the last few weeks this has gotten out

of control.

Anytime he sees me going towards the vacum he gets scared(really scared)

and will come and stop me from using it by saying no.

I have not been using any machines in his presence.

Just want to know what other parents have done to deal with sensory

issues for their kids(intolerence for loud noises from certain

machines).

Thanks,

zp

[Guest guest]

Desensitize gradually.

Maybe record sound and turn on softly in the background and then go

loudly gradually or let him see machine working really far away and work

on getting closer or video to let him watch on t.v. then followed by

either of the above method.

Hope that helps.

Lee Fang

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Dear List members,

My 7 year old has always been a little scared

of vacum cleaners,grinders,mowers etc. Any machine that makes a

loud sound. But for the last few weeks this has gotten out

of control.

Anytime he sees me going towards the vacum he gets scared(really scared)

and will come and stop me from using it by saying no.

I have not been using any machines in his presence.

Just want to know what other parents have done to deal with sensory

issues for their kids(intolerence for loud noises from certain

machines).

Thanks,

zp

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Hi,

Over the past year I have encouraged my son to wear one of the passive

construction type headsets that I use when working with the noisy equipment at

home (e.g. circular saw, lawnmower, snow thrower, chainsaw, etc.).

I started by leaving a headset in the car, and he quickly picked it up and has

enjoyed wearing it as we drive about.

Next, after he was comfortable wearing and using it, I had him put it on while

I turned on the vacuum cleaner. This took several tries to get him not to flee

immediately. So, expect this part to take time and lots of encouragement.

He now wears it (on his own) when Mom or I are vacuuming, and actually wants to

help us vaccuum. :-)

I have heard others talk about using an active Noise Cancellation headset with

good success.

Regards,

Sharafanowich, Devon's Dad

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Dear List members,

My 7 year old has always been a little scared

of vacum cleaners,grinders,mowers etc. Any machine that makes a

loud sound. But for the last few weeks this has gotten out

of control.

Anytime he sees me going towards the vacum he gets scared(really scared)

and will come and stop me from using it by saying no.

I have not been using any machines in his presence.

Just want to know what other parents have done to deal with sensory

issues for their kids(intolerence for loud noises from certain

machines).

Thanks,

zp

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We are working on this now with a behaviorist, OT, etc. biomeds, and are

doing the headset thing as well. We are using relaxation procedures to

bring his hyper alertness levels down. Like, yoga for adults.

Relaxing, head, eyes, shoulders counting throughout day and especially

at night to show him what the body feels like to relax. So that when we

tell him to start calming down he knows what we mean. We use the visual

icon and social stories to talk about, when he gets overloaded with

noise he can either leave the room, relax, get his head phones to show

him coping measures when he gets overloaded with noise. Our behaviorist

said, he will need to learn coping measures with noise and be rewarded

for doing so, a token system for tolerating (like we do as adults) will

help. Also, my OT said to expose him to different types of music,

chamber music, indian tribal drums, I personally have been uping the

ante with Ray , to help him become less sensitive to other noises

by presenting pleasing stimuli like the piano (Dominic loves the piano)

too. She also told me to increase his brushing to 3 times per day. And

vestibular stimulation. His biomed docs said, increase his zinc and

magnesium. I don't know if all of this will help. But, all of us can

use a little more coping strategies in our life eh? Dominic's Mommy.

Re: [ ] Sensory Integration

Hi,

Over the past year I have encouraged my son to wear one of the passive

construction type headsets that I use when working with the noisy

equipment at home (e.g. circular saw, lawnmower, snow thrower, chainsaw,

etc.).

I started by leaving a headset in the car, and he quickly picked it up

and has enjoyed wearing it as we drive about.

Next, after he was comfortable wearing and using it, I had him put it on

while I turned on the vacuum cleaner. This took several tries to get him

not to flee immediately. So, expect this part to take time and lots of

encouragement.

He now wears it (on his own) when Mom or I are vacuuming, and actually

wants to help us vaccuum. :-)

I have heard others talk about using an active Noise Cancellation

headset with good success.

Regards,

Sharafanowich, Devon's Dad

-- " z033005 " <z033005@...> wrote:

Dear List members,

My 7 year old has always been a little scared

of vacum cleaners,grinders,mowers etc. Any machine that makes a

loud sound. But for the last few weeks this has gotten out

of control.

Anytime he sees me going towards the vacum he gets scared(really scared)

and will come and stop me from using it by saying no.

I have not been using any machines in his presence.

Just want to know what other parents have done to deal with sensory

issues for their kids(intolerence for loud noises from certain

machines).

Thanks,

zp

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