Somatron Music Mattress Hi- I wanted to give you all the address of the woman I worked with at Somatron in case you have grant money that you want to use to purchase any Somatron product.  Her name is Kim and her email address is kim@somatron.com Let me know if I can be of assistance too! MommaNiki A somatron is awesome!  Our OT came up with an inexpensive version using a bean shaped (or TV watching type) bean bag.  Then wired small outdoor speakers into it and connected it the the stereo.  The whole thing cost about $50.00 and he has made several for the parents in our program.  if you can afford the real one awesome....but this is an option for those who can't. Hi everyone!  I just wanted to share my son, Eric's, new therapy.  We just received the Somatron Music Mattress that we ordered for him.  It is a little more than a chunk of change, but I saw it in a couple of catalogs and thought it looked like a good idea.  I showed the catalogs to Eric and that mattress was the only thing he picked out as something he wanted with his grant money.  I worked a lot with the actual company who makes them and I had great results.  If you are interested in checking it out you can go to: http://www.somatron.com/hprod/somaseat/mattress.html Basically- it is a mattress with speakers in it so that the person lying on it can feel the vibroacoustic feedback put out by a stereo you hook it up to.  We got the classical CD set to go with it.  Eric's first night on it was last night and let me tell you- he loved it.  When the 4 cds had been played, the music would stop.  Eric would start stirring and talking in his sleep.  As soon as I got the music started again- he would be still and silent.  If your autistic child is in tune with music and is as musically motivated as mine, you and your child will LOVE it too.  I am not paid to say any of this- I just wanted to share because I have had such an awesome experience with it all around.
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