Hi,
I just joined. First of all, I'm not a practitioner. I'm a mom of an almost
5 year old girl who I think could benefit from this therapy from what I've
read about it. First a little background...We had a rough time during her
delivery at birth. Labor was induced, vacuum extraction was used and she was
a face presentation. Now she's an active, bright, girl high functioning on
the autistic spectrum with a PDD-NOS dx. Last week we tried an Upledger
trained therapist for the first time. Unfortunately, the lady could not do
her job properly because my daughter was in motion most of the time. She
told me to try to have short massage sessions at home gradually increasing
the time so she could get used to laying still for therapy. I thought it
might help to do some sensory input techniques before we try another session
that may help calm her down. I'm hoping that scheduling an appointment later
in the day may help too. Does anyone have any suggestions that may help her
be more cooperative during a CST session? The lady we went to doesn't have
much experience treating children. TIA.
Janet

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