says lets turn on those lights

As part of the wonderful Sensory Learning Kit by APH provided to us by our TVI from the school district were the switches and the interruptors. We were so excited to try the switches with lights because lights are great appitite or hot spots from children with CVI.

The set up - if you want to do this activity during the day

1. The switch and the intrruptor provided in the kit.

2. Christmas lights

3. Red stuff, if your lights are not red then wrap them with mesh or net like fabric

4. More Red is good, like a red car screen

5. Try to make a black background using black table cloth and board pins.

says Sensory Integration really Works!!!

I used to try several things with textures, colors, smell and motion with my son but nothing so far had an impact maybe they did but nothing that brought any change in his attitude or reaction or response to the objects.
But as my vision therapist kept telling me to keep trying anything and everything we can possible get our hands on and who knows what could trigger his attention.
And really I’m glad I followed her wise advice and after 2 years and 3 months my son finally touches something and wants to keep going at it and to top it off he looks in the direction of the object, sees it and reaches and touches it.
God I feel so thankful now. I don't suppose there is a better word to say how happy I feel that my son could intentionally do something.

Okay this is what we tried, I just bought these microfiber dusters from Wal-Mart like on the 26th of Feb and on 27th I put the duster over a piece of black fleece fabric and left it near him, I never really hoped that he would touch it, by amazingly he brought and held his hands out over the duster and dropped his palm right in the center and started caressing it. Then he rolled over and tried more. oh boy what an achievement.


Here's to his success.

says Sensory Integration with Water

I've heard a lot about how children with CVI like to play at a water table. That water helps calm them down and helps them focus their attention.
Although my sons loves his Aqua Therapy and he loves to take bath and shows signs of anticipation when in the bath tub, he never liked the idea of playing at a water table.

I tried to add red food color to the water yet i did not get much of a reaction or response from him, he just wanted to get his hands out of the water.

Today I remembered that he likes to be scrubbed with a pouf when taking his bath and was wondering what could give him a similar sensation when playing at the water table and then i found the mesh bag that clementine oranges come in. So i just ripped them off the packaging and put that mesh in the water and amazingly my son started feeling this mesh under the water and he started moving it around. This is a great achievement.
I'm so proud of him and would love to share a video of his success.