We had a great OT session today. Thomas quickly warmed up to his new therapist and they were able to get a lot done in the hour alotted. We brought a prop (toy of his choice) to help take the attention of him and it worked beautifully. I asked the therapist if that was okay and she said definitely. His toy character explored the gym and bounced around with him. He was good about putting it down when he needed his hands for exercises.
She did a lot of proprioceptive and vestibular work today and also did something called making bubble mountains for helping with deep breaths and self regulation. Thomas loved this. He had a really good session. He had been swimming all afternoon which is great sensory input, so I feel like he was willing to do more than usual at his session.
We discussed reintroducing skin brushing and joint compression. We had done this at home for over a year and half with Thomas and eventually stopped, once we stopped therapy. The new therapist really feels that it would be beneficial to start it up again for tactile and proprioceptive reasons. I agree and so for the first couple weeks we are going to try to commit to every 2 hours as recommended at first. It is a big committment, but after a few weeks you can scale back. Since it is summer and he is not in school the majority of the day, this is the best time to start it up again. I know it won't consistently happen every two hours, but we will do our best :)
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