The Listening Program.......confused
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| Tue, 07-25-2006 - 3:38pm |
The music therapist came over to our house today to meet and interview son......she brought the CDs and CD player with headsets for the Listening Program. Son was in a pretty strange mood to begin with......he was actually hiding from her.....never seen that. He did eventually come out and sit down. She had him put on the headsets and try to do the first 15 minutes.......weirdest thing......he acted like it hurt to listen to this.......he squirmed, moaned, complained, whined, got aggrevated with his brother for getting too close to him........kind of like his rumbling stage before he goes into a meltdown......but he never did meltdown. When he finished with the 15 minutes, he took off the headsets, handed them to me, complained a little more about how he did not like it and then he asked if he could have a carrot. A CARROTT?! Coming from a child who has not willingly had a vegetable pass over his lips since he was 3 yrs old. Weirdest thing. Anyway, we are going to official start the program on Monday (July 31).....he will listen to 15 minutes in the morning and 15 minutes around 3 pm (not too late.....it may interrupt with his sleeping pattern). I told him that he was going to be listening to the CD again tomorrow for 15 minutes......he said okay. Here is the other weird thing.......so I decided to listen to the CD just to see what it was like......I kind of felt aggitated after I listened to it......kind of strange......I can understand why he was saying it was hurting.
Anyway, I'll let you know how we are doing with this and if I see any difference (for the good or bad).
Christie

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I hope it goes really well+++ Kyle did Vital sounds Theraputic Listening. You have the kids do PT/OT type exercises while listening. It was one of the best things we ever did for Kyle. The music made me and dh feel weird too. Dh especially complained about it.
Samantha
I am curious that the OT said nothing about watching him for reactions. We did the Listening Program for quite awhile with Malcolm. We were to switch CDs if he complained, because some of them will make the kids hyper and unhappy. So the OT was looking for which ones he liked. Some did make him feel weird, but he still liked them. Once the OT switched him off one because she saw heightened anxiety. We did the Listening Program for over a year before we discontinued it because she felt he was finished. We did see some gains early on in attentiveness, less anxiety and less aural sensitivity. And it was great for going to the mall or riding the subways. We still use headsets for going out sometimes, although just REGULAR ones with rap music now...
Sara
ilovemalcolm
I'll let you know how it goes and what we think about it. A friend of mine tried this program last year with her son but he was unable to complete it.......he just could never keep the headsets on......it bothered him too much (he is not AS - he has several LDs). The therapist did mention that many children act the same way son did......and she said it was good that he did actually keep the headsets on and finish.......we'll see.
Christie
Thanks for sharing......it sounds pretty similar to TLP......he is allowed to move around while listening - walk the dog, put a puzzle together, draw or color......but nothing too attention grabbing like computers or TV.
I tried to get DH to listen to the CD and he declined......whimp!
Christie
I am suppose to observe him while he is doing the program and report to her any changes (big or little)......like the carrot incidence......totally out of character for him to be willing/flexible to try stuff......later that day, he tried a strawberry, lime and potato in addition to the carrot......very unusual for him. Of course he did not like any of them but at least he tried them......
I haven't read through my book yet......I'm sure that will help understand this program better.....I'm going to try to do that this afternoon during Jack's nap. We'll see.
Thanks for sharing Sara......I hope today is a better day for you both
(((HUGS)))
Christie