“Spinning can be a very important and powerful technique used in sensory integrative treatment, but it must be controlled, monitored and understood or it will likely backfire on your child and you won’t even know it.” – A Sensory Life
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The link still doesn’t work. Or at least I can’t find an article on spinning where this link takes me.
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Hi Jennifer
Awesome article, thank you!
What would you recommend to help a child cope with linear movements (just swinging forwards/backwards in prone extention and full flexion/seated)? My 2yr old can’t seem to tolerate either,but would ask for spinning (can cope with it if speed is controlled and limited repetitions)
Thanks in advance!
Hi! Could you please help? I teach a 12 year old DS boy who is on the spectrum and also presents with a quite severe SI difficulty. He has been attending OT for nearly 2 years (although the OT prefers to treat children no longer than 6 months – except in severe cases) and therapy has now been terminated. Vestibular input is always followed by an inhibitory (?) activity and we continue to see the results – especially language. My problem is that, although I have seen a permanent change in some of my other learners, the same is not happening with my DS pupil. He seems to need it on an ongoing basis. I usually do it 2 – 3 times a week and he has come to LOVE it but after a period of no input he is quite resistant and we have to start off very slowly. What happens in the DS brain? The OT just says it is a problem with plasticity. Is it really because the neural connections form with difficulty and prunes easily? I find it hard to accept as I have seen how much progress he made in reading and Math and how fast he picks it up again when we have been a little slack with consolidation. I would also like to know to what extent does the hippocampus produce new neurons in the teenager with DS? I’d really appreciate if you could suggest soem reading matter as well. I live in South Africa and lectures are scarce.