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Step 4:Do it all again!

OK. So many of you know we had a hard time adjusting to kindergarten,the new schedule,noises,people,places…basically everything! With a few visits to the OT and several tries at a new schedule,I think we have finally found something that works (for the time-being anyway). Here are our latest schedules for [...]

Play Therapy:Homemade Crash Pit

So I have mentioned before that deep compressions of the joints is very therapeutic especially for children with SPD. Lately Ross especially has needed a physical outlet for his energy and sensory needs. If he does not get enough jumping,banging,crashing,etc,he begins pushing and banging everyone with his head. I still don’t [...]

Step 1 –Providing Security and Discipline for Your Child

After Ross was born,Claire’s SPD symptoms seemed to to get significantly worse. I think it was because of all the new sensory input that came with a new baby,and feeling like she was no longer my baby. Before Ross was born,Claire was a Daddy’s Girl. But all of a sudden she had [...]

My Sensory Sensitive Child

If you have read my ABOUT page,then you may already know that my daughter Claire (now 5 years old),was always a sensitive child. From the day she was born,I recognized in her some of the sensitivities that I also suffered as a child. But by 2 years old,her sensitivities began inhibiting [...]