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My son is 3yr old has severe speech and language delay is with early intervention team . An feeling confused with it all. Also been told he has significant delay in many areas of his development. Such as sensory and processing of information. Physcholugist says biggist problem is he dosent like changes to his routines.haven't receives reports yetso I'm looking for advice as I have a 9 yr old with global development delay. Thankyou
Oh, one thing that helped our son with transitions was warnings. A count down if you will. I always told him 5 minutes before a change, then 1 minute before. As he got a bit older, we did it either on my watch or a phone and showed him the actual countdown. Also, choices really helped us in the preschool setting. If it is time to move to story time and he is still painting--- ask him if he wants to paint for 1 more minute or if he would like stop now. he chooses. Then when the one minute is up, have the aide help clean up the painting. Then ask him if he wants to sit with the kids on the carpet squares or if he wants to pull up a chair by the group. Lots of choices really help a sensory kid get through their day without meltdowns.
Hi there. My own son was diagnosed with sensory integration disorder and developmental delays at 4 but we began evaluating when he was about your child's age. I know it is a scary, stressful, and somewhat heartbreaking time. I remember the period well as one of the worst of my life! I wanted to shout at the world to leave my beautiful baby alone!! To me, he was so wonderful and to be told he had these things 'wrong' with him hurt. I worried about his future, his current and questioned what in his past had caused it (IE: me). It was tough so I really feel for you.
I know I had an epiphany during that time. It came after a day of volunteering in his classroom and feeling so devastated to see him struggle in preschool. In the middle of the night, it hit me. Darn it, this is my baby and I love him regardless. SO---- I will do EVERYTHING in my power to help him. I embraced his sensory diagnosis and developmental delays and became passionate about learning everything I could. I read everything, spoke to anyone who'd give me an ear, researched the internet, etc.
We began occupational therapy and worked on speech as well. Have you gone to either of these specialists? Some occupational therapists are trained to work with sensory kids and when you call around, you want to look for one who is. We go to an institute that this is their specialty. All kids with sensory, autism, add/adhd (with overlapping sensory) are their clientele. You go for an hour a week and they give you things to do at home . . . well, I threw myself into those things. I also had my own research. So, the truth is---- not a day went by that we didn't spend a good portion of it working on his sensory issues and delays. The good news is that what helps sensory, kids actually enjoy often. It's physical play, deep pressure, muscle work. Doing lots of those activities sends input to the nervous system that helps regulate it. This in turn helps organize the brain for speech, gross/fine motor, receptive/expressive thought/speech, etc.
****** PROCESSING IS NOT IQ^^^^^^^^^^^^. These are two different things. And my son does process a bit slowly at times especially when he isn't well regulated (hasn't had a lot of his sensory activities) but he is quite smart. There is a difference and teachers are aware of this. In early grades like K through 2, you find more emphasis on processing types of things or how fast they can do it. but from there on, children begin to be evaluated on other things as well.
My son is now 9. Very smart, process a bit slowly. But this doesn't stop him from having straight A's. From testing into our schools program for gifted children. Ask him to do his 100 math facts in 5 minutes test and he struggles to finish it. Ask him to do prealgebra and he has no problem. When timed, it is hard to get it done fast for him. We are working on that. He has no IEP at school and is able to maintain his grades through his own hard work. In preschool, he could hardly hold an object in his pincher grip, couldn't sit to do a thing, was disruptive on a daily basis at school, etc. We've come a long way.
And that is part of why I am telling you this. Having sensory integration disorder and delays does not mean your child won't be able to progress and progress far in his life! That was one of my fears but they can do SOOO much for our kids now!
Have you met with an occupational therapist yet??
I know I had an epiphany during that time. It came after a day of volunteering in his classroom and feeling so devastated to see him struggle in preschool. In the middle of the night, it hit me. Darn it, this is my baby and I love him regardless. SO---- I will do EVERYTHING in my power to help him. I embraced his sensory diagnosis and developmental delays and became passionate about learning everything I could. I read everything, spoke to anyone who'd give me an ear, researched the internet, etc.
We began occupational therapy and worked on speech as well. Have you gone to either of these specialists? Some occupational therapists are trained to work with sensory kids and when you call around, you want to look for one who is. We go to an institute that this is their specialty. All kids with sensory, autism, add/adhd (with overlapping sensory) are their clientele. You go for an hour a week and they give you things to do at home . . . well, I threw myself into those things. I also had my own research. So, the truth is---- not a day went by that we didn't spend a good portion of it working on his sensory issues and delays. The good news is that what helps sensory, kids actually enjoy often. It's physical play, deep pressure, muscle work. Doing lots of those activities sends input to the nervous system that helps regulate it. This in turn helps organize the brain for speech, gross/fine motor, receptive/expressive thought/speech, etc.
****** PROCESSING IS NOT IQ^^^^^^^^^^^^. These are two different things. And my son does process a bit slowly at times especially when he isn't well regulated (hasn't had a lot of his sensory activities) but he is quite smart. There is a difference and teachers are aware of this. In early grades like K through 2, you find more emphasis on processing types of things or how fast they can do it. but from there on, children begin to be evaluated on other things as well.
My son is now 9. Very smart, process a bit slowly. But this doesn't stop him from having straight A's. From testing into our schools program for gifted children. Ask him to do his 100 math facts in 5 minutes test and he struggles to finish it. Ask him to do prealgebra and he has no problem. When timed, it is hard to get it done fast for him. We are working on that. He has no IEP at school and is able to maintain his grades through his own hard work. In preschool, he could hardly hold an object in his pincher grip, couldn't sit to do a thing, was disruptive on a daily basis at school, etc. We've come a long way.
And that is part of why I am telling you this. Having sensory integration disorder and delays does not mean your child won't be able to progress and progress far in his life! That was one of my fears but they can do SOOO much for our kids now!
Have you met with an occupational therapist yet??
beasagni, it's good that you're reaching out for help here, but it might be more helpful when you get the diagnosis for him. Also, since you have an older child with significant developmental delays, it might be helpful for you to post in forums that related to his/her diagnoses also.
God Bless you.
God Bless you.
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