Posts Tagged ‘Sensory Processing Disorder’

How To Feed Your Newly Adopted Child in China

How To Feed Your Newly Adopted Child in China
Babies from birth to six months in Chinese Social Welfare Institutes (SWIs) typically solely eat Chinese baby formula which has high sugar levels and therefore tastes sweeter than American formula.  Unfortunately, it contains little protein and lower calories than American formula.  In...
October 21st, 2009 | China, Feature, Health | Read More

What is Visual Processing Disorder?

Many children with autism, SPD, and ADHD also have an underline disorder of visual processing disorder that is often missed and even misdiagnosed. I have heard parents in my Special Needs playgroup tell me that their Occupational Therapist’s respond to them with comments like “oh, he just...
September 19th, 2009 | Special Needs | Read More

The Girl Who Liked to Roll and Spin

It looked like carpeted toilet paper roll, just much larger (big enough for a large child) and sturdier. I watched it roll from one end of the room to the other, as Carol, my daughter’s OT (occupational therapist) walked next to it, giving it an assisting push when necessary. My three and a half year-old...
July 28th, 2009 | Feature, Special Needs | Read More

Help Obtain Diagnostic Recognition of SPD

Parents, Please help obtain diagnostic recognition of SPD for children with SPD, ADHD, Autism and other conditions. Below is a letter from the Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation with a letter that can be sent from you to your child’s pediatrician, psychiatrist, other physician (MD), or osteopathic...
July 15th, 2009 | Advocate, Special Needs | Read More

Book Review: Of Different Minds

It can feel overwhelming when your child first receives a learning difference diagnosis such as ADD/ADHD, Dyslexia or Sensory Processing Disorder.  Of Different Minds: Seeing Your AD/HD Child Through the Eyes of God by Maren Angelotti, M.A.T. reminds parents that God does not make mistakes, then guides...
June 23rd, 2009 | Feature | Read More

Parents of Special Needs Kids Have Special Needs Too

“Fine” is a relative term. Any parent of a specials needs child will tell you that. There have been many times I’ve been questioned on my parenting decisions, primarily by people who don’t know me or my child. The questions have been non-verbal – the scoff, the incredulous stare – and...
June 2nd, 2009 | Feature, Special Needs | Read More

Trusting Intuition

  As parents, we all worry about the emotional, developmental, and physical well-being of our children. Sometimes parents have a deeper sense of concern, based on what they see and don’t understand or what they don’t see, but feel. Most concerns are not unfounded.   Let me share my own experience...
May 19th, 2009 | Feature, Special Needs | Read More

What Causes Sensory Integration?

The causes of Sensory Integration/Sensory Processing Disorder are not entirely known because the disorder is neurological and so very diverse. It was first recognized 40 years ago by A Jean Ayres, Ph.D., OTR. Sensory Integration Disorder is a neurological disorder that results from the brain’s...
April 28th, 2009 | Health, Special Needs | Read More

What is a Sensory Diet

No, I am not talking about food here folks, I am talking about a diet built for the senses…for kids with Sensory Processing Disorder. If you read my blog regularly, you will know that one of AJ’s main issues is Sensory Processing Disorder or otherwise known as Sensory Integration Dysfunction....
April 27th, 2009 | Special Needs | Read More

The Spectrum of Sensory Integration Disorder

An email from one of her teachers was a significant clue. When I look back at the past few weeks, there were other clues, but I failed to see them. I was too busy, running behind my kids in a vain attempt to keep up with life. Frustrated with her lack of following through with routine tasks, I grounded...
April 20th, 2009 | Feature, Special Needs | Read More