Sensory Perception Disorder

I've never heard of it. My children and I have sensory problems and autism, though. I do activities out of the Out of Sync Child Has Fun book.

My second daughter has cognitive processing problems (can't answer questions but if you show something to her she can point.) My third has pronuciation problems, you can hardly understand her. I expect a speech pathologist will be needed.

Please feel free to email me. ____@____.com

S. in Houston

Hello,

I am a speech pathologist and dyslexia specialist in Midland, Tx. I have read a little about the metronome therapy, but there is not a lot of independent research about its effectiveness. Sensory perception disorder is a common misdiagnosis for someone with dyslexia. If you want to check this out, go to www.Brightsolutions.us. You can watch a 40 min. video "Could it be Dyslexia?" and it will go through warning signs and symptoms, ect... Most parents that watch it call me and say, "Oh my gosh, this is my child!" Dyslexia effects 1 out of 5 people, so it is the most common reason a child struggles with learning. If you have more questions, call me at ###-###-####. Good luck, L. Irvin

Hi C.
I would suggest to purchase and read the book called "Out of Sync" child . It explains and gives a parent much inside into the sensory perception disorder . There is also a second version of it called the out of sync child has fun. That book is guided more towards what kind of activities are feared toward children what have sensory perception disorders .
Hope this helps

Hi C.. I have worked a lot with sensory dysfunction but not as much on the speech tract. I have heard of the use of a metronome but could not give you the theoretical reasoning without more background on your son. However, Marvie Ellis is a woman out of Austin who has a lot of knowledge on sensory perception. I have attended her workshops and she offers her email to parents. She is really good about answering questions and giving suggestions. You might give her a try: ____@____.com
If not, definately advocate to your therapists to give you some reading/background on the types of interventions they are using. That is part of their job! :)

Hi C.
My 3 year old daughter was diagnosed with Sensory Processing Disorder or SPD (formerly Sensory Integration Disorder SID)last March.

We were so fortunate to find an EXCELLENT Occupational Therapist in Arlington TX named Diana Britt. She uses the Interactive Metronome and is exceptionally gifted in dealing with kids of all ages who have this type of disorder. The name of her business is Therapeutic Life Skills and the phone number is
Local: ###-###-####
FAX: ###-###-####
Metro: ###-###-####

We saw Diana from May through December and participated in the listening program as well as OT for my daughter. Diana has an extensive background in brain injuries and discovered that a lot of people with sensory issues have basic, inborn reflexes that should automatically turn off/turn on (most in infancy!) but for whatever reason, haven't.

Because of this knowledge and experience, she uses CPT codes that provided insurance coverage for my daughter's care, which was HUGE since a lot of other places coded it as a "developmental delay" which is not covered by insurance.

We wound up using all of our "allowed" insurance-covered visits last year and have been anxious to restart in 2008, but my daughter has been sick with one thing or another and we've not started back as yet. Even SHE is requesting that we go back to see Ms Diana, it helped that much!

Diana alsos offer a free evaluation and consult if you are interested (she tests the reflexes and you can see for yourself what is going on which is very interesting) and has a wide range of children and adults that she works with.

If you'd like more info about her, send me a private message. I'll be happy to talk with you.
C.

Hi i was just wanting to no how long your son has had this disorder? My 5yro daughter teacher thinks that she may have this on top of autism and sever milk alergi and was just wanting to no how you found out about this thanks sorry i dont no enough to help all i no is that the speach and ot are working with her to. The ot has her carry these weight things around so that she can feel somthing so that she will stay were she is supposed to be she holds it when she is sitting and other things it seems to help.

My teen son was diagnosed with sensory perception disorder by an occupational therapist when he was about 8 years old or so. His treatment involved "brushing". We never used an interactive metronome. My feeling was that treatment really didn't help much (he also has ADHD, so he butted heads when it came time to do the therapy sessions). It can be frustration to deal with, but I just try to expose him to as many different textural experiences as possible, while never forcing the issue. We have seen some gradual improvement.

contact Anne Bramlett at Eastside Speech and Language. She does IM.

My 3 1/2 year old son has sensory processing disorder. We haven't done an interactive metronome, but we have done music therapy, which helped immensely. We worked privately with an OT who provided the headphones and the music. The music is specially filtered to stimulate the main nerve in the ear, which in turn stimulates the brain differently, depending on the filter. We did a 12 week session, and it did wonders. Don't know if this helps, but good luck.

You probably haven't gotten a ton of response to this I'd bet. But, I do know what you are talking about. My son was diagnosed with an auditory processing issue -- (sensory integration issues).

I hope you have a good OT. We saw one in Atlanta and she was fabulous. Have they talked to you at all about listening therapy?? My son did that and it helped wonders for him. He saw an OT for 1 - 1/2 years.

Is this something you just learned about? I would be amazed if your son is 14 and just diagnosed.

If you need someone to bounce questions off of, let me know.

God bless,
M.

Give Lakewood Pediatriac Therapy a call. They deal , beautifully, with sensory disorders.
They turned my 11 year old completely around in about 9 months. I homeschool as well!
K

HI, I have a 5 year old son who has Sensory integration disorder (this is the name it is usually called) (SID) My son also has Aspergers and Severe ADHD. Its good that you are getting therapy for your son this is the best way to manage it.

My daughter has central auditory processing disorder, which involves processing sound. If your son's processing issue is primarily tactile you might want to get him into sculpting and working with clay because it really helps develop the sensory/tactile nerve endings in the fingers and hands. Swimming/massaging is good for the other parts of the body. Also check out the internet resources there is lots of information out there. Hope this helps. B. MM

I agree with a fellow reader. Get the book "The Out of Sync Child." It is so hard for us to understand what goes on with children with sensory issues. My middle daughter (age six) has sensory issues. For some time, she would not wear pants because of the way they felt and would go into fits if it was too loud (hated public restrooms because of the toilet for example) We saw an OT for many months and she is much better now. Stick with the plan that they give you and you will see progress.