Update: My oldest daughter "Sassy Pants" has been dealing with many problems with school, her attention span, her ADD/ADHD and more. We took her in for an evaluation for SPD and they told us that yes, she does have sensory processing issues but they thought the main problem was with her eyes so they sent us in to have her eyes checked and for a vision evaluation. After completely both we found that her eyesight is perfect but she has problems with her focus and tracking. They told us that they recommend Vision Therapy but that most insurance companies don't cover this diagnosis. Great, huh? I've been so worried that even though she has a problem with her eyes that she wouldn't be able to receive help because we can't afford it if it's not covered under insurance. Well this past week I got a phone call and guess what??? The insurance company approved her for vision therapy! I'm so excited that she will be able to receive help. They recommend one day a week for 45 minutes for about 4-5 months to see a difference. So we start on Monday!
Her main problems in school were with reading, comprehension, math and spelling. It has been so frustrating that we could work and work with her on things and she would seem to get it and then the next problem or day later and it was all lost. She seems to have problems with her memory too. Hopefully after receiving the vision therapy for a while her school work and comprehension will improve. I am, for now, taking her out of Occupational Therapy until school is out for the summer and then I'll re-enroll her.
She is still on her ADD/ADHD medication but has been having problems sleeping lately. There are nights that she stays up until 11-12 and then has a hard time waking in the morning. This could also be part of her problem in school. So we are going to start giving her Melatonin to help her sleep at night. It's come highly recommended and comes in a chewable form. I will keep you all updated on how things are going and hopefully be able to come back and report after a while that she is doing better in school and the vision therapy is a success! Wish us luck!
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Saturday
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Evaluation Update
This week we had my older kids' evaluations done for SPD. Finally! I took my oldest daughter (Sassy Pants) in on Tuesday and we went through and answered all the questions and they observed her for a while. They haven't said for sure that they think she has SPD but do think that she has sensory issues that need to be dealt with. They referred us to go see a Visual Therapist to get her eyesight checked out and to see if her eyes move correctly to read, understand and comprehend what she's looking at/reading. So we go in for that on Monday. (I'll update on that later after we get back.) So now she is going in to have Occupational Therapy once a week. And Sassy's teacher at school has offered to stay one day a week to help her out more in school on a one on one basis; she already stays after two days a week for extra help with a reading intervention teacher. So I am hoping that after a while she will start to improve in school. She was always so advanced in everything when she was younger so all this really took us by surprise. But we will do any and everything to help her and make sure her future is a bright one.
Today I took my son in for his evaluation and they said that he definitely has sensory processing issues that also need to be dealt with. I really didn't expect for them to say that; I really just thought that he had been through so much in his life that he just had weird quirks. But they said that SPD issues would explain his: never wanting to wear pants, shoes and socks, sensitivity to light, wind and touch, his constant loudness (he always talks really loud), his aggressiveness and frustrations, his constant need to touch objects and people and so on. So now he is going to go in once a week with my oldest daughter to get Occupational Therapy as well.
We will have to take all three in to get positive diagnosis's from a Neurologist but that takes a while to get in. So in the meantime they all three will all three be getting therapy. I'll keep you updated on what's going on and how they are doing.
Do any of you have multiple children with sensory issues? Do you have any advice or tips that you can give me?
Today I took my son in for his evaluation and they said that he definitely has sensory processing issues that also need to be dealt with. I really didn't expect for them to say that; I really just thought that he had been through so much in his life that he just had weird quirks. But they said that SPD issues would explain his: never wanting to wear pants, shoes and socks, sensitivity to light, wind and touch, his constant loudness (he always talks really loud), his aggressiveness and frustrations, his constant need to touch objects and people and so on. So now he is going to go in once a week with my oldest daughter to get Occupational Therapy as well.
We will have to take all three in to get positive diagnosis's from a Neurologist but that takes a while to get in. So in the meantime they all three will all three be getting therapy. I'll keep you updated on what's going on and how they are doing.
Do any of you have multiple children with sensory issues? Do you have any advice or tips that you can give me?
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