Hi there,

Treating kids can be so much fun. They really like to move and as
therapists it is up to us to meet them where they are at. I spend most of
my day walking around my office, under tables,chairs etc while working on
kids. Many times with children on the autistic spectrum you need to spend
some time so they can get to know you. There is so much input going into
them that one more set of hands can be overwhelming. It also could be that
your daughter had had enough of treatment and just wanted a break and so she
walked/ran/wriggled away. As therapists we need to be able to pick up on
thae cues and follow them. So many times with these children, we are
treating in small doses and as time goes on they wil let us in a little more
and for a little longer. i have had some sessions that have been a grand
total of 4 minutes in length because that is all they could handle. If you
can, try not to make her lie still for treatment...just let here be who she
is.
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I think Sensory Integration can be a wonderful thing. A very good friend of
mine is a CS therapist and SI therapist..she integrates them beautifully.

On a personal note..it amazes me how many children who have had traumatic
births get labelled as autistic. in my experience when any residual trauma
from the birth (if there is any) gets worked out, these kids change and are
very different.

Well, that's a start. Ask any other questions you have and we will do our
best to answer them

David Tomlinson

>From: "Janet" <beach73@...>
>Reply-To: craniosacralnetwork@yahoogroups.com
>To: <craniosacralnetwork@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: [Craniosacral Network] Suggestions?
>Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 15:54:15 -0500 (Central Daylight Time)
>
>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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