Re: Would therapies be helpful?

[Guest guest]

I had speech and OT in my house for and hour a week and took my son to

private speech for an hour a week. I knew 40 hours of therapy was what

he needed so I supplemented myself. I did everything the professionals

did-I had my son jumping on a trampoline, squeezing puddy, rolling him

in a blanket, we played with the exact toys as the speech therapist,

used verbal behavior to solicit speech. Bottom line...I took away

dairy he started to talk. I took away gluten, he came out of the fog.

I started chelating-he put on his socks and let a stranger pull him on

a sled. I wasted a year on the therapies. It wasn't until I started

biomed did he make any improvement.

>

> Hi,

> I wish to know if Occupational therapy, Speech and Physical therapy

> are really helpful in treating Autistic kids? Do they have a role to

> play in rehab?

>

> What are your views?

>

> tks

>

> Priscilla

>

[Guest guest]

In our experience, biomed has been our son's key intervention, particularly

chelating with

the AC protocol. But the other therapies (OT, PT, Speech) do help him a lot, now

that he is

able to learn more normally. Now that the fog is clearing somewhat, the

therapies are

helping him to catch up. In the past, the therapies sort of washed over him and

he learned

and improved, but very, very slowly.

In our experience, who the therapist is makes a lot of difference. It's no

surprise that our

son learns better with someone who is kind, caring and really tries to figure

out what's

going on with him and what he needs. Sometimes the youngest, least experienced

therapists are the best, it just depends on what kind of person it is.

Maggie d.

> >

> > Hi,

> > I wish to know if Occupational therapy, Speech and Physical therapy

> > are really helpful in treating Autistic kids? Do they have a role to

> > play in rehab?

> >

> > What are your views?

> >

> > tks

> >

> > Priscilla

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Depends on the kid and the therapists. Tell us a little about your child's

challenges, behaviors, etc, then maybe we can provide a more useful response.

S S

Would therapies be helpful?

Posted by: " priscillasohsh " priscillasohsh@... priscillasohsh

Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:09 am (PST)

Hi,

I wish to know if Occupational therapy, Speech and Physical therapy

are really helpful in treating Autistic kids? Do they have a role to

play in rehab?

What are your views?

tks

Priscilla

[Guest guest]

OT therapy would help for fine and gross motor. And with coordination.

Following instructions...maybe depending on why he is having trouble

doing so. For my son this was auditory processing and with therapy was

helped as well as us changing how we ask and only giving one command

at a time...etc.

The impulse control improved from biomed for us.

>

> > Depends on the kid and the therapists. Tell us a little about your

> > child's challenges, behaviors, etc, then maybe we can provide a

more useful

> > response.

> > S S

> >

> > Would therapies be helpful?

> > Posted by: " priscillasohsh "

priscillasohsh@...<priscillasohsh%40gmail.com>priscillasohsh

> > Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:09 am (PST)

> > Hi,

> > I wish to know if Occupational therapy, Speech and Physical therapy

> > are really helpful in treating Autistic kids? Do they have a role to

> > play in rehab?

> >

> > What are your views?

> >

> > tks

> >

> > Priscilla

> >

> >