This is Elijah in OT today. The contraption he is in is called a body sock. Its made of nylon, it has an opening at the top. He gets in it and the therepist pulls on it tightly. Alot of children that have autism are on a sensory diet. every 2 hrs they have certin activitys they do to help regulate their sences. Like jumping on an excercize ball, the body sock, the fabric tunnel, holding a vibrating massager, and many many more. I would have thought this was a bunch of balonga a while ago...but it has been working great for elijah! we just have to make sure we schedual every 2 hrs to do somethng sensory. And it has cut back his behaviors by like half! Thank you body sock!
that's amazing something so simple, and yet weird is so theraputic. i'm amazed.
ReplyDeleteyes, its times like thease i am reminded that he really does have autism! I wonder who came up with it??? LOL
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