Last night we had a floortime consultant come to our house. She
stayed about an hour and a half. During that time she observed us
playing with ds, she interacted with him and set up a few problem
solving things for him to do and we talked.
One of her main suggestions was that we need to treat ds's sensory
issues. (This is his developmental ped main concern also) He is a
big bummper and crasher. He is like a pinball in our living room
going from the glide chair to the sofa and loveseat to his vibrating
Elmo chair and make again. This is all in a random order.
One of the other pieces that she was really concerned about was that
his OT (and us) want to wean him from his binky. For the past two weeks
he has been wearing Chewlery (a terry cloth necklace with a star or
elephant on it). It has been working for his drooling and his
need to chew. It wasn't until she saw how different he is with
binky that she agreed that we should limit him using it. He
literally turns everything off when he is using binky. He doesn't want
to do anything but when he doesn't he is a little more interested in
the rest of the world. It is like he is totally relaxed when he
had it.
We talked about how brushing and compressions have been working for him. As well as bouncing on the ball.
She said that his babbling and jargoning are intentional because he is
looking for a response from someone. He opened and closed a few
communication circles with her. I was happy to hear that because
I just wasn't sure.
She is also said that he has good eye contact and will gaze at you
while you are talking. This shows that he is aware of other people and
wants to interact but his needs to regulate his body are so intense
that it is interfering with interacting.
He smiled for her a few times while she was bouncing him on the
ball and when he got tired he cuddled right onto my lap and nuzzled his
head in to the nape of my neck a started to fall asleep. It was almost
bedtime and medicine time.
She wants us to start following him around and doing as he does and
start to block off the Elmo chair with our bodies. We have just
started to do this with him.
She lives about an hour away so we will probably do once a month
sessions. I wish it could be more but the more I read the more I
think I can do this.
Overall I am just happy that we are getting started with this other
peice of ds's therapies. I think we are on the road to progress
and with his receptive language beginning to come in things are
hopefully looking up. I need to finish reading the Special Needs
Child book. She saw it on the table and said one of the best book
every written. I kind of laughed to myself.
I really liked her and hopefully we can work out a schedule. Thanks for listening.
That sounds like great visit. She seems full of great info!
Hooray for your family that you have great support!
Paula
That is awesome - what a great visit!!! -
how I wish that I could find someone also whom I really felt Got R
One of the similarities I found in the reccos beween your FT consultant and mine was the emphasis on resolving sensory issues and not trying to take away comfort objects ( chewler for your son , nursing for mine )
Thank you for sharing your experience
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