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Summer, Sleep and Sensory Integration
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During the winter, instead of using a single fiber-filled comforter, I’ve learned to layer blankets on my son’s bed. This has the effect of keeping him warm and providing a nice amount of weight to provide soothing sensory input. But in the summer, when it’s too warm for anything, how can that sensory […]
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From Un-Mitigated to Slightly-Mitigated Disaster
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I should have known better. When the note came home that Gus had pushed another student, I should have known that he was having an ‘off’ day. He has never in his life done that (not until the 25 mg of Strattera, but that’s for another day). He was kind of grumpy […]
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An Experiment with Music
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On a whim I bought my kids a guitar. I’ve been thinking about it for a while. Gus loves music and his sister had been asking for a guitar for ages (usually for my electric antique, and there’s no way she’s getting that one). They have a slew of other instruments, including an electric drum […]
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Proprioception and Sensory Integration
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Proprioception is the body’s way of understanding what it’s doing and where it is. It’s how the body knows the arm is indeed raised upward when trying to get the teacher’s attention. Aside from body positioning, it provides feedback about inner workings of the muscles (are they flexed or relaxed, stretching or contracting) and tendons. […]
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Fifty-Two Practical Strategies for Asperger’s Syndrome, Non-verbal Learning Disorder and High Functioning Autism
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I spent the day at a fantastic lecture by Dr. John M. Ortiz, Ph.D., founder of the Asperger’s Institute , called: “52 Practical Strategies for Asperger’s Syndrome, Non-verbal Learning Disorder and Autism’. While he didn’t get to all of the strategies, he covered many, and I learned a great deal about Asperger’s that I […]
