Wednesday, November 5, 2008

O.T. visit

Ryan receives speech therapy (for social speaking) and O.T. (occupational therapy) at his elementary school. His occupational therapist, Miss Deborah, was nice enough to come for a home visit this week.
Ryan showed her his scrapbook, they tossed some beanbags, played apples to apples and played with this fun foam! It is a great sensory tool. This time was amazing - Ryan was not afraid of the texture at all, the foam even went up his arm! Normally he would only touch it with his index finger and only play with the foam using a paint brush, so this is wonderful progress.




A great day!

4 comments:

michelle said...

Ryan looks like he is having fun with that foam! It almsot makes me want to go get a can of shaving cream!

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TrishAnderson said...

I am glad that he is making progress. He seems to be growing up so quickly!

Heather Mae the DIY Gal said...

What is fun foam? It sounds really neat. (or was it just shaving cream)

In reflection though, I was remembering when Ryan was in my preschool class. (he wouldn't play with the shaving cream back then) A lot of your previous posts helped me understand a lot what he was going through in my class.

Can you fill me in on this sensory thing? Sensitivity to it? And what it means? Just wanting to get educated on this, and be more aware. Thanks.

Great job Ryan! So proud of your progress!

familywithfivekids said...

Hi Heather,
Yes, this 'fun foam' is pretty much just like shaving cream...this stuff is marketed for kids and has a light orange scent to it. We've used shaving cream before too. He has come a long way though huh!