thnk you i never thought of anything else but will bring it up in the meeting
why is that he is nearly 4 yrs old and his parent worker says they should be able to do the apropriate test i only posted the question to lern more bout it as it runs in the family
Your son is too young to be diagnosed with ADHD.
oh and he prefers to play alone !
Sensory invovles the nervous system and how it responds to the world. My son is what they call a 'sensory seeker'------- he is extremely active and at times seems to be climbing the walls. Sitting can be hard, maintaining focus as well. His behavior involves outbursts of temper or meltdowns. He avoids certain things and will be upset about it if made to do it and he craves other things that make no sense.
The good news? He is now 7 and doing great. Once we got the sensory diagnosis----- we added in all kinds of activities to his day that help keep him calm, better behaved, less volatile, better able to function. We go to an occupational therapist that works with sensory integration disorder and work on activities to calm his nervous system and behavioral techniques that help him cope and deal with his challenges. If you google "heavy work" and Sensory integration or processing disorder--------- you'll get a big list of things to do that help slow down an overactive nervous system.
Here are a few of our favorites: Swimming. This gives a combination of deep pressure and hard muscle work which is perfect. Go to a playground and climb the play structure, jump off (safely), hang on monkey bars, swing (very soothing), run, roll down a hill and run back up, skip. Spend at least an hour at a park. It has lasting calming affects even into the next day if done often enough. Jump on a trampoline but if you don't have access----- pull out a mattress and jump on that on the floor at home. Safe wrestling with a parent in which the child is given deep pressure and uses their body to push back to help create this. YOu can do this with a big exercise ball in the middle of the two of you--------- you and he push against it at the same time trying to push the other one over (let him win!). Blowing bubbles. Chewing a thick piece of bubble gum. Playing soccer. Running races. Wall push over-------- stand at the wall and try to "push" it over.
"Sensory Processing Disorder" is a good website on the disorder. Adhd also involves the nervous system--------- so that is why these two disorders can look alike. In the US, doctors try not to diagnose adhd until the earliest age of 6 due to many wanting to prescribe medication for it and that there is so much variability in kids under 6. All kids have impulse control issues to some degree before 6--------- that is the magic age that many kids do outgrow some wacky behaviors. (my younger boy just turned 6 . . . fingers crossed it works for him! LOL) But sensory is diagnosed earlier. Easier to evaluate for and treatment involves this physical work and behavior modification. So google and see what you think. Let me know.