Week 4 Day 3

What a busy day Thursdays always are.

Today Zach had ST at 10:30am as we walked in the door the little lobby was filled with people. The noise level was so high he immediately shut down. Ms. Marla couldn't get a smile or a wave out of him. Ms. Kristin took him back within 2 minutes of being around the noise. Even though he had his own little room to play in the sound still comes threw the walls. Today was not his day for ST. He was stuck on only "D" sounds and had a very hard time getting any other sounds out. He redirected even more then normal and just seemed so very frustrated.

Zach also had OT at 2:30pm. It was really nice to see Ms. Jerry-Anne back! This time it was much quieter at the center, so Zach didn't have too bad of a time making the transition. First thing he was put in a rubber tire swing that has a board on the bottom of it and some toys on the inside - he seems to tolerate this really well because of the small space. As he was enjoying his ride Jerry-Anne and I talked about his M-CHAT results - she wasn't sure it was fair to give him the test seeing how sever his SPD really is - although 90% of children with Autism do have SPD. She showed me how a lot of the answers that were flags also played into his SPD. He did have some that weren't because of his SPD and she was very happy to hear we will be seeing Dr. Childers (DP) - who hopefully can lead us in a better direction with all that is going on. Jerry-Anne will be giving me more information on Zach's sensory diet next week. For now I'm just to keep doing the brushing, and compressions. She did add on more compressions to be done, more so then every 2 hours - every 30 minutes if need be. She also gave me some more books to read and a link to the therapeutic listening Zach has been doing with her. Hopefully I will be able to borrow her CD's.

Here is that information - if anyone is interested....
http://www.vitallinks.net/

http://www.amazon.com/Child-Special-Needs-Encouraging-Intellectual/dp/0201407264

http://www.amazon.com/Engaging-Autism-Children-Communicate-Floortime/dp/0738210285/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b