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Sensory integration disorder. THis is what the OT tells me is the correct name for SPD. I dont know. I just say it out of habit now. lol

K- thank you :) it's been very hard but I am hopeful that soon I'll be pg again...it was such a weird thing...I didn't have any issues at all with my other kiddos (unless you count some high blood pressure late in the pregnancy).? We really have no idea what caused this but the Dr. said it was abruption...still...*sigh*

My son has a speech delay, and is a sensory seeker!? Even so, it is only articulation at 3 years old.? When he was younger, he was delayed in expressive and receptive speech.

My 2 year old has SPD - sensory seeker.? He is not saying very much.? Right now, we have OT - she doesn't feel he needs speech therapy right now because we are trying to get him to focus on speech through his activities.? He understands things very well, but doesn't say alot.? The OT explained his brain is wired differently and we need to focus on making the connections with words through play.? One reason I feel he is delayed is...

I understand what you mean. My SID child is 5.5 years old and in Kindergarten. He is doing so well acedemically but has had "bad" days about 85% of the time due to hitting, tantrums, spitting (I was suprised at this b/c it was a new thing that I hadn't seen at home) and things of this nature. He has had a lot of trouble forming peer relationships and doesn't do well with group or paired activities. It breaks my heart...

Thanks everyone we are having a full diagnostic work up done - the school brought up the possibility of ADHD and I will not medicate her due to her bio family having a history of mental illness that can be triggered by many ADHD meds - if the issues are latent. we had seen a therapist who labled dd as bipolar after meeting her for the first time - spent all of 10 min. in the office before she gave her the lable and then refused to put...

MomOfSweetPea...how delayed was your son's speech? My son is 21 months old now and still only says a handful of words.? he talks all the time, but we just can't udnerstand what he's saying.? My pedi told me at his 18 month checkup he should have an explosion of words soon...i'm not sure what counts as an "explosion."? He hasn't been officially diagnosed with OT, but has an eval scheduled for Dec.? This whole...

Joshie's "mild" but we can always see a difference when we go places between him and the other children.? Makes me sad at church when he goes absolutely nuts and stuff when the other kids are so calm...? I get jealous of families with kids they can control, but I'm getting the swing of it with time and patience.? It's a normal feeling, please don't beat yourself up!?

Maybe I can help.? My son had mild to moderate SPD, but he is 6 now.? Most behaviours gradually went away at age 5, but it did come out again when he started Kindergarten, ie... sensory seeking behaviour like licking things and people, bumping into people and things, falling on purpose, biting (can't believe he did that), breaking pencils, cuts up his workbook, etc... When he was in preschool, I couldn't take him to the beach,...

It's natural to feel envious of other families but remember they might be dealing with their own issues. ?It took me awhile not to feel jealous of other families. ?The little things they took for granted were a huge struggle for us. ?But slowly she is adapting and life is becoming easier. ?Now I consider SPD a blessing because it's taught me so much more than if it wasn't in our lives. ?