by Edge of Valley » Mon Feb 10, 2014 12:55 pm
My DD (4 years old) has been diagnosed with possible SPD (Queen Mary's) for over stimulated auditory and visual sensitivity. OT did not recommend for further therapy but she gave me a fact sheet to read and home therapy intervention. It was sent with the summary notes of the OT appointment, with the recommendations and further reading list.
I am not an expert but my understanding is that the way my dd sees and hears the world is a little different from us, in a sense that her ability to filter the noise and focus is overloaded easily than others. I think it will help if you know which sense(s) she is most affected, and whether it is over or under stimulated. Then start to look on internet to see what can help her overcome it, thus various therapy methods.
Personally, I think the interventions are working in a quite interesting way. We started various home therapy like sucking yoghurt through a straw, or deep pressure massage has been helping my dd quite a bit. My interpretation is that by stimulating other senses like tactile, or strengthening muscular resistance, in a way balances out the other senses that are over stimulated. (My understanding could be totally wrong).
My DD (4 years old) has been diagnosed with possible SPD (Queen Mary's) for over stimulated auditory and visual sensitivity. OT did not recommend for further therapy but she gave me a fact sheet to read and home therapy intervention. It was sent with the summary notes of the OT appointment, with the recommendations and further reading list.
I am not an expert but my understanding is that the way my dd sees and hears the world is a little different from us, in a sense that her ability to filter the noise and focus is overloaded easily than others. I think it will help if you know which sense(s) she is most affected, and whether it is over or under stimulated. Then start to look on internet to see what can help her overcome it, thus various therapy methods.
Personally, I think the interventions are working in a quite interesting way. We started various home therapy like sucking yoghurt through a straw, or deep pressure massage has been helping my dd quite a bit. My interpretation is that by stimulating other senses like tactile, or strengthening muscular resistance, in a way balances out the other senses that are over stimulated. (My understanding could be totally wrong).