Re: Rumi: rocking/Ursula/SI

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Holly and Ursula, add me to this list of a firm believer with sensory

integration, my home has become the same as yours, Holly. The school

district that my son attends have finally seen how much improvement

it has helped my son and have now implemented on a daily basis which

is wonderful that I do not have to battle this anymore. Holly are you

the same one that have mentioned something like opening a center in

your area for it? If so, love it!

Ursula, there is wonderful information on:

Sensory Integration: Observations of Children with Down syndrome and

Autistic Sprectrum Disorders by Lashno, OTR

http://www.kennedykrieger.org/kki_misc.jsp?pid=2146

I believe it was in the Disability Solutions Newslette. I know Joan

has made sure alot of this info is covered where I had begun just

learning myself during my rookie years and glad I persued the trials

and what an outcome learning as it has made tremendous impact for my

son.

Irma,17,DS/ASD

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> Ursula,

> I am a firm believer in sensory work with our children. I have

seen it work so well with so many different types of children. Our

Jake is al most 7 and he is very sensory driven. We swing, jump on a

little mini tramp (which takes awhile for many kids to do but don't

give up). We DANCE DANCE DANCE , with LOUD music. He loves

that! Also, he wears a weighted vest at times, and deep pressure on

his arms, shoulders, hands and feet. He also loves for his head to

be scratched or for you do some little pressure pushes around his

head. We keep overly stimulating toys our of his room for the most

part. He is a great sleeper. He loves to sleep with a blanket that

most would think is itchy. He loves it. There are just so many

sensory things you can try. Also, Jake likes to lay down, and then

have an exercise ball (the big ones) rolled over his body. We do

this with light pressure.

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> Hope this all helps.

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> Oh, and I know someone mentioned jumping and the tramp,etc. Or

maybe I was thinking it, ha! We started with Jake sitting in our lap

and us bouncing gently on the tramp. Then we did harder bouncing

etc. Sometimes it was just for a few bounces and then he was done.

Later we had him stand on the mini tramp, and we held his hands. We

did not even jump just bend our knees and bounce. Eventually, he

learned to handle the body movements. Now, he loves to jump! Not

just on the tramp but on the floor, off the curb, off the bottom of

the stairs, etc. He jumps all the time. And the best part is the

sensory feedback he gets.

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> Good Luck, and you did come to a great place for help. I can't say

enough how much I love the support I hear from everyone on this

site. You are all remarkable!

> Holly