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SPD

Play Therapy – Take One

April 11, 2007

Yesterday was a very busy day in the mindless mommy household.  Not only did the kids have school but Ava was meeting with her new occupational therapist (the one contracted through the state) and Alexander was scheduled to meet with his play therapist.  I’m going to start with the play therapist appointment; it went well.  [...]

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ADHD and Comorbid Conditions

March 27, 2007

Dictionary.com defines comorbid as: pertaining to two diseases which occur together, such as ADHD and depression and also as: existing simultaneously with and usually independently of another medical condition ADHD isn’t always seen alone, very often there are comorbid conditions present – from sensory processing disorder to autism spectrum disorders to anxiety. In my son’s [...]

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Feeling Frazzled

March 25, 2007

Last night my parents watched the kiddos so my husband and I could have some quality time together. We went out together and were only gone about three hours but it was refreshing to have some time for just us. I recently heard a statistic that was quite frightening – something like 80% of couples [...]

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Potty Training A Child With Autism

March 23, 2007

This is a topic that is near and dear to my heart. For my daughter’s second birthday I bought her a bunch of really cool panties in characters I thought she’d love. She’s a girl, girls were easy to potty train I was told. One day we decided to go for it and put her [...]

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What A Day!

March 12, 2007

Today was…well…long. Long isn’t a negative word, right? Therapy was quite challenging for my son yet again. He refused to do anything at the beginning. The therapist usually starts off with “astronaut training” which is a vestibular protocol that he usually enjoys. He did not want to do it however he ended up making a [...]

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Happy Monday – Therapy Day

March 12, 2007

Happy Monday! This week is Spring Break for my kiddos and my husband took the week off so I actually got to sleep in this morning! Evidently my son and I were the only two to sleep as my daughter had a rough night and daddy took care of it so I could sleep; he’s [...]

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Sensory Processing Disorder Resources

March 10, 2007

Sensory Processing Disorder, as it is now being called, was once known as both Sensory Integration Dysfunction (SID) and prior to that Dysfunction of Sensory Integration (DSI). Sensory Processing Disorder is a grey area right now especially with insurance companies as there is no diagnostic code or criteria listed in the DSM. There is a [...]

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