Re: Fwd: trigeminal/cranial stimulation was Refusing to eat

[Guest guest]

Yes, please I'd like to learn more too.

Also, has anyone tried to use a vibrating stick to help with oral sensitivites?

My OT told me today that we could try dipping a NUK (I think that's what she

called it) into offending food to get him used to a taste.

Fwd: trigeminal/cranial stimulation was Refusing to eat

Gaylen

I am intrigued by the trigeminal/cranial stimulation and would love to learn

more about it. I am a speech-language pathologist who works with kids who

have feeding problems and am always looking for more tricks to add to my

bag! The OT that I works with was also not aware of this technique. We both

use various sensory stimulation strategies, so we'd love to learn

more--anything you can share? or resources on this?

thanks!

Ann

>

> The absolutely best thing we found to address eating problems due

to oral

> sensitivities was regular trigeminal/cranial stimulation. This is

extremely

> helpful at dampening all types of other sensory sensitivities as

well. It can

> be done by anyone and should be done three or more times a day

regularly

> until the child's over-sensitivities are regulated. To do this,

you provide a

> very light, tickling finger touch all over the face, head and neck

for a full

> minute, followed by a deep, finger pressure over the same areas

for another

> minute. Most sensitive kids cannot tolerate even a few seconds of

the light

> touch at first so build up slowly by doing a quick light touch

followed by

> longer deep pressure and expand the length of time for the light

touch very

> gradually.

>

> The other miracle thing I've found for those refusing to eat is

the allergy

> drug Periactin. This is typically used for allergies affecting

the

> gastro-intestinal tract. Interestingly, it works with seratonin

instead of histamine.

> I wish a doctor had recommended it when my son was 3 and had

first started

> his eating problems. It would have saved over ten years of the

enormous

> grief we went through trying to get the kid to eat.

> Gaylen

>

>

.

[Guest guest]

The trigeminal/cranial stimulation technique I outlined was recommended to

us many years ago by the National Association of Child Development as a part of

an overall sensory and developmental program we were doing through them.

Sorry, I don't know of any studies or resources that provide more information.

We did it extremely consistently for over two years. We saw a gradual

decrease in over-sensativity (a huge issue for my son) and at about the

six-month

mark, my son suddenly branched out in his eating. I later learned that the

NACD folks had seen a clear trend of kids with eating issues branching about

about 4-8 months into regular stimulation. They also said it helped

significantly with potty training issues and general over-excitability.

Gaylen

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[Guest guest]

Thank you Gaylen. It is helpful to know where this technique originated. I

have worked with other families who were using NACD. I am sharing this

information with the wonderful OT that I work with who uses lots of sensory

integration techniques and strategies.

Thanks for sharing.

Ann

On 2/1/08, Googahly@... <Googahly@...> wrote:

>

> The trigeminal/cranial stimulation technique I outlined was recommended

> to

> us many years ago by the National Association of Child Development as a

> part of

> an overall sensory and developmental program we were doing through them.

> Sorry, I don't know of any studies or resources that provide more

> information.

> We did it extremely consistently for over two years. We saw a gradual

> decrease in over-sensativity (a huge issue for my son) and at about the

> six-month

> mark, my son suddenly branched out in his eating. I later learned that the

>

> NACD folks had seen a clear trend of kids with eating issues branching

> about

> about 4-8 months into regular stimulation. They also said it helped

> significantly with potty training issues and general over-excitability.

> Gaylen

>

> **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape.

> http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi-

We've used the nuk brush (tried dipping it in foods, too), vibrating

toothbrushes (to wake up the tongue and cheeks) and 'jigglers' (those

are vibrating toys in the shapes of animals) as well as the Z-vibe (I

can find a link if anyone is interested in any of these). Bobby

tolerates all of these things and yet still won't try new foods. We

haven't used the NUK brush in a while, but will try again. Does

anyone have any suggestions on getting Bobby to try things? He won't

try new foods and his selection of foods are dwindling, especially

since we were just told no more than two servings of fruit a day, and

that's one of the few things he will eat.

Thanks in Advance

Jenn

>

> Yes, please I'd like to learn more too.

>

> Also, has anyone tried to use a vibrating stick to help with oral

sensitivites? My OT told me today that we could try dipping a NUK (I

think that's what she called it) into offending food to get him used

to a taste.

>

>

>

> Fwd: trigeminal/cranial stimulation was Refusing

to eat

>

>

> Gaylen

>

> I am intrigued by the trigeminal/cranial stimulation and would

love to learn

> more about it. I am a speech-language pathologist who works with

kids who

> have feeding problems and am always looking for more tricks to

add to my

> bag! The OT that I works with was also not aware of this

technique. We both

> use various sensory stimulation strategies, so we'd love to learn

> more--anything you can share? or resources on this?

>

> thanks!

>

> Ann

>

> --- In <%40>, Googahly@

wrote:

> >

> > The absolutely best thing we found to address eating problems

due

> to oral

> > sensitivities was regular trigeminal/cranial stimulation. This

is

> extremely

> > helpful at dampening all types of other sensory sensitivities as

> well. It can

> > be done by anyone and should be done three or more times a day

> regularly

> > until the child's over-sensitivities are regulated. To do this,

> you provide a

> > very light, tickling finger touch all over the face, head and

neck

> for a full

> > minute, followed by a deep, finger pressure over the same areas

> for another

> > minute. Most sensitive kids cannot tolerate even a few seconds

of

> the light

> > touch at first so build up slowly by doing a quick light touch

> followed by

> > longer deep pressure and expand the length of time for the light

> touch very

> > gradually.

> >

> > The other miracle thing I've found for those refusing to eat is

> the allergy

> > drug Periactin. This is typically used for allergies affecting

> the

> > gastro-intestinal tract. Interestingly, it works with seratonin

> instead of histamine.

> > I wish a doctor had recommended it when my son was 3 and had

> first started

> > his eating problems. It would have saved over ten years of the

> enormous

> > grief we went through trying to get the kid to eat.

> > Gaylen

> >

> >

> .

>

>