Guest guest Posted January 16, 2010 Report Share Posted January 16, 2010 We went to see a person registered with Listening Programme and Brain Gym today. Was little strange in that when we arrived, she had nothing prepared and said we were going to do assessment and sensory integration. I told her I was only visiting her to do Listening Programme! Anyway I let her carry on and she said Sophie walking on her toes is symptomatic of internal stresses in her body affecting the nervous system which is directy connected to speech. So she spent the whole session giving Sophie a massage. I think what she did was useful. We have had cranial sacrotherapy before many times and this made Sophie more flexible and supple from head down to waist. But the woman today pointed out Sophie is really stiff from waist to toe, and that we should work on daily or twice daily leg massages. That was all well and good, and we will do it. However she refused to give me the Listening Programme. We got into a bit of a head to head, and eventually she agreed to give it to us in 7 days time Wondered what you thought of all this!? Best wishes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 Hi , We had a Therapeutic Listening programme only after numerous sessions with our occupational therapist. She used specific sensory integration activities to match the DVD in use that week, providing an active component to the listening programme; based on the concept that therapeutic listening helps prepare the child for purposeful activity. Sensible really because if the nervous system is aroused with auditory stimulation then there must be activities in place (sensory diet) to dissipate this new energy and put it into practice. 'To achieve optimal outcomes it is recommended that practitioners combine therapeutic listening with traditional occupational therapy approaches that elicits the child's active participation.' Taken from article by Leah Hall & Jane Case- - The Effect of sound-based interventional on children with sensory processing disorders & visual-motor delays, in The American Journal of Occupational Therapy. Regards June Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 HI June The thing is we dont have any sensory issues or visual or motor issues just auditory processing, and verbal dyspraxia The "therapist" gave me Sally Goddard's book "Reflexes, learning and behaviour". I read it cover to cover tonight and although interesting, none of it is relevant to us except the part about auditory processing I am interested in if anyone can recommend some books on auditory processing and verbal dyspraxia as I need to find out lots and lots Best wishes Autism Treatment From: junegoh@...Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:00:22 +0000Subject: Re:The Listening Programme Hi , We had a Therapeutic Listening programme only after numerous sessions with our occupational therapist. She used specific sensory integration activities to match the DVD in use that week, providing an active component to the listening programme; based on the concept that therapeutic listening helps prepare the child for purposeful activity. Sensible really because if the nervous system is aroused with auditory stimulation then there must be activities in place (sensory diet) to dissipate this new energy and put it into practice. 'To achieve optimal outcomes it is recommended that practitioners combine therapeutic listening with traditional occupational therapy approaches that elicits the child's active participation.' Taken from article by Leah Hall & Jane Case- - The Effect of sound-based interventional on children with sensory processing disorders & visual-motor delays, in The American Journal of Occupational Therapy. Regards June Do you want a Hotmail account? Sign-up now - Free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 , With the greatest of respect, of course you have motor issues - your daughter had verbal dysrpaxia - by definition this is a motor planning issue. As you know my daughter was diagnosed with severe verbal & oral dyspraxia. When she was young she did not appear to have any sensory or other motor issues affecting her gross and fine motor skills. In addition she could sign extremely well and I agreed with the OT that she didn't have any other motor issues etc. It wasn't until she was older (8) when she had an assessment at Dawn House School that the OT there did a much more detailed assessment and found both sensory & other motor planning issues. The staff there said to me that it would be extremely unusual for a child with verbal dyspraxia not to have other motor planning issues, they also said to me that an NHSS T would not have picked it up as they are only looking for more severe cases. As my dd has got older, she has not developed in an age appropriate manner and so things now have a greater effect on her. She also had severe auditory processing issues. You will be seeing Colebourne soon - you will get alot more help there. A good OT who I use is Cunningham in Dudley - she also does tribunal work. Her assessments are very thorough. > > > HI June > > > > The thing is we dont have any sensory issues or visual or motor issues just auditory processing, and verbal dyspraxia > > > > The " therapist " gave me Sally Goddard's book " Reflexes, learning and behaviour " . I read it cover to cover tonight and although interesting, none of it is relevant to us except the part about auditory processing > > > > I am interested in if anyone can recommend some books on auditory processing and verbal dyspraxia as I need to find out lots and lots > > > > Best wishes > > > > > > > > > > > > Autism Treatment > From: junegoh@... > Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:00:22 +0000 > Subject: Re:The Listening Programme > > > > > > > > Hi , > > > We had a Therapeutic Listening programme only after numerous sessions with our occupational therapist. She used specific sensory integration activities to match the DVD in use that week, providing an active component to the listening programme; based on the concept that therapeutic listening helps prepare the child for purposeful activity. Sensible really because if the nervous system is aroused with auditory stimulation then there must be activities in place (sensory diet) to dissipate this new energy and put it into practice. > > 'To achieve optimal outcomes it is recommended that practitioners combine therapeutic listening with traditional occupational therapy approaches that elicits the child's active participation.' > > Taken from article by Leah Hall & Jane Case- - The Effect of sound-based interventional on children with sensory processing disorders & visual-motor delays, in The American Journal of Occupational Therapy. > > Regards > June > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Do you have a story that started on Hotmail? Tell us now > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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