The body brushing- I forgot about that one. We did that too.
Swinging on swings is also great for getting a kid talkative.
I bet if adults caught on to these techniques, and learned to be in tune with their own nervous system, we would have a lot less drinking and nicotine use as a means to self medicate.
it took a lot of work to get my son to get into the big swinging platform at the hospital and he didn't want to be swung at first or just once or twice then we had to stop it and let him out. he enjoyed swinging the occupational therapist tho but once he took a liking to swinging, he kept asking to swing harder and faster
there was also, doing the hotdog... putting him on a blanket, pretending to spread diferent condiments on him, wrapping him in the blanket and then applying pressure on him as we "ate" him
when i homeschool, i had the O.T. come to my house and she got him walking on hands and knees, and there was different ways to apply resistance to his crawling from holding his ankles then pushing on his shoulders.
she also tried to get him on some type of balancing/rocking board to stimulate both hemispheres of the brain.
she lent him a weighted lizard to either put on his shoulder or on his lap for a while but it only worked for him as a novelty, after the novel effect wore off, he wouldn't put up much with having it on him. that site also have many other sensory stimulation tools. i'm sure the brush she left us was on there but i can't find it anymore. *shrug*
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