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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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Sensory Integration - Try a Little Music

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My son has very sensitive hearing.  When he was in Early Intervention, his Occupational Therapist tried AIT or Auditory Integration Therapy with him to prevent some of his meltdowns.  Auditory Integration Therapy is a method that uses music modulated to remove different frequencies at random throughout a half hour CD.   That was a particularly rough year - […]