Today was the Journey Learning Center's open house. I brought Noah and Trey met us there - it was pretty amazing. One of the OT's, took Trey, Noah and me to their Sensory Gym. It was absolutely amazing. She spent over an hour with us and observed Noah. The first thing she noticed was that Noah had flat feet and needed orthodics. She showed Trey, Noah's pronation. She explained that orthotics could help help Noah's balance and gross motor skills immensly. Trey fortunately works with a lot of podietrist and feels that he can get one of them to help fit Noah.
She explained that there are two different "types" of Sensory Integration disorder. One in which the child needs help stimulating their senses, the other is which the child can't control the level of stimulation of their senses. Noah has trouble controling his. It's almost like he's on a sensory "high" and the more he is in a stimulating environment the more out of control he is.... and this works with his speaking, behavior, mood... everything.
She is a big advocate of skin brushing and a listening technique. She said that the listening technique (which is basically a headset with a very specific rythmatic CD), is used to help control the over or under stimulation of a child with Noah's disorder. What's really cool about it, is that you can continue to use the CD's well into the childs upbringing. ...
Definitely more to come!...
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