Ollie has been in school full time for the past few weeks now and i have to say, i am so so glad we put our foot down!
He is coping so so well.
On Monday they there first school trip to the imperial war museum in Duxford. although a little worried how he would cope we knew that if the school had too. Apparently he enjoyed every minute of it!
Today we had Ollie's long awaited OT assessment. We though it was to asses for suitable seating in school but it was far from it!...It was a full on assessment of everything!
Now usually its the case of the parents are having issues with the child in the home, from negative behaviour to continuous sensory seeking etc and the school see none of it.
In our case it we have a relatively if not slightly crazy child at home who will happily sit and watch telly or quietly play with his toys and the school have the whirlwind of a sensory overloaded child who struggles to sit still as he has the attention span of a gold fish then bring into account his physical issues is not a pretty picture!
Today in Ollie appointment i actually saw this child who i had never meet before!
We had spinning, we had flapping we had falling over everything, we had distraction after distraction with everything.
Ok ok we do see this at home but never all at once and multiplied by 10000! It was hard work and everyone struggle to gain his attention.
When i explained to the OT that this is something we never see at home she looked a little shocked but not all too surprised. and proceeded to tell me that this is the behaviour they are seeing in school and was written on the referral form but it doesn't matter that he was like this as they are able to tell when i child is naturally hyper and having a sensory overload rather than when they are just being silly and no compliant.
The OT decided to try him with a 'bear hug' vest just to see how he would react. The vest applies deep pressure and for some kids this is all that is needed to instil a little calm into them ...if by magic! It also helps them with body awareness.
He wore it for only a short time but in that time he just stopped! he watched things, he slowed down!
It was quite amazing really.
By the end of the appointment i think we were all exhausted!
BUT we have a plan!
She is ordering him some suitable seating but in the mean time is going back into school to put in place coping tactics for the staff to help him with his multiple sensory issues.
We also talked about his toileting issues. And as Ollie is now coming to the limit of the staff being allowed to physical lift him to change him they may have to put a hoisting system in place so they can do this safely.
If in the mean time he some how becomes toilet trained or showing signs that he may be ready then they will install seating for that.
What a day!
He is coping so so well.
On Monday they there first school trip to the imperial war museum in Duxford. although a little worried how he would cope we knew that if the school had too. Apparently he enjoyed every minute of it!
Today we had Ollie's long awaited OT assessment. We though it was to asses for suitable seating in school but it was far from it!...It was a full on assessment of everything!
Now usually its the case of the parents are having issues with the child in the home, from negative behaviour to continuous sensory seeking etc and the school see none of it.
In our case it we have a relatively if not slightly crazy child at home who will happily sit and watch telly or quietly play with his toys and the school have the whirlwind of a sensory overloaded child who struggles to sit still as he has the attention span of a gold fish then bring into account his physical issues is not a pretty picture!
Today in Ollie appointment i actually saw this child who i had never meet before!
We had spinning, we had flapping we had falling over everything, we had distraction after distraction with everything.
Ok ok we do see this at home but never all at once and multiplied by 10000! It was hard work and everyone struggle to gain his attention.
When i explained to the OT that this is something we never see at home she looked a little shocked but not all too surprised. and proceeded to tell me that this is the behaviour they are seeing in school and was written on the referral form but it doesn't matter that he was like this as they are able to tell when i child is naturally hyper and having a sensory overload rather than when they are just being silly and no compliant.
The OT decided to try him with a 'bear hug' vest just to see how he would react. The vest applies deep pressure and for some kids this is all that is needed to instil a little calm into them ...if by magic! It also helps them with body awareness.
He wore it for only a short time but in that time he just stopped! he watched things, he slowed down!
It was quite amazing really.
By the end of the appointment i think we were all exhausted!
BUT we have a plan!
She is ordering him some suitable seating but in the mean time is going back into school to put in place coping tactics for the staff to help him with his multiple sensory issues.
We also talked about his toileting issues. And as Ollie is now coming to the limit of the staff being allowed to physical lift him to change him they may have to put a hoisting system in place so they can do this safely.
If in the mean time he some how becomes toilet trained or showing signs that he may be ready then they will install seating for that.
What a day!