Guest guest Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 Gaylen, Did your child have trouble with hyperactivity? We are looking for an auditory program that will help my son to calm down at night and " get organized " so he can go to sleep and stop jumping on the bed/wrestling with his sister/bouncing off the walls/making strange noises, running in circles, etc... His OT recommended The Listening Program. It costs about $600 to get everything we need. We could also get him formally tested by an audiologist, but that also costs about $600. I don't think any of this would be reimbursed by insurance and so I am trying to figure out what to do on my own without the testing. He used to be really sensitive to loud noises, was speech delayed, has sensory integration dysfunction (hyposensitive), very poor fine motor, he likes to make loud noises of his own and when he gets revved up --watchout--even his OT loses her patience with him. Kim in MD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2004 Report Share Posted February 8, 2004 Hi Argie, I think the others have already answered the part about how to get checked for sensory integration. When our OT did my son's evaluation she did excercises, but she also gave us something to fill out called a Sensory Profile which asked all kinds of questions about my child's behavior in certain situations. What we found is that my son doesn't quite feel the world in the same way a typical child might. I think he has been this way since birth. His sense of touch is not refined so he is rougher with himself and others. He is under sensitive. He has a high pain threshhold but he also needs more force against his body to keep him focused (some days he seems like a spinning top that might just spin away into outer space if it weren't for gravity) He needs what OTs call " deep pressure " to " get organized. " Indeed, when he gets it(like deep massage, leg weights, heavy blankets), he does tend to calm down but not always for long. At the same time, in the morning it is impossible to get him to wake up, to get him moving, dressed, to the table for breakfast. He is simply dead weight for up to 30 minutes. This is even after 12 or 13 hours of sleep sometimes! So contradictory, isn't it? And so we are continuing to figure out what else he needs. I hope you can find someone good in your area. There are also a couple of about SID. Kim PS- Have you heard of the book " The Out of Sync Child " ? It's about this disorder. I have to admit that I read the book and did not really see my child, and yet after the OT eval and after the OT explained it to me I realized that at least part of it did. > Kim > What kind of test did you do to be diagnosed with " sensory integration dysfuntion " , and who did them? How can you tell if your child is hyposensitive? Forgive me for asking, but I'm desperate to help my child. > > Thanks, Argie ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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