I am new to this site, and was hoping I could get feedback on any successes or failures that you all have experienced with IM therapy. I have an 8 year old son with mild sensory integration issues and some motor/motor planning delays. It seems promising, but my son has had his share of therapy, so I am doing as much research as possible. In addition, we live in S. Florida, so if anyone knows of a good IM therapist, please let me know. Thanks so much!
Lori
Re: Interactive Metronome
Lori,
My son recently did IM very successfully. It is a therapy that I would highly recommend. South FL encompasses several counties so I am not sure where you are at. We live in Broward county. The therapist we used is in Plantation and I would recommend her highly. If this would work for you, email me privately and I will give you her name and number.
There are several discussions about IM on this board and the parenting a child with ADHD about IM that you could use the search function to find.
Beth
Re: Interactive Metronome
Socks,
thanks for your feedback on IM and for the info on Pine Crest School. I will check with them. Also, I did hear from Beth and she gave me the name of the therapist she used as well as another closer to us. Thanks so much!
Lori
Re: Interactive Metronome
I am also interested in interactive metronome. It sounds perfect for my son who has motor planning and sequencing issues in everything he does along with his apraxia of speech. I am hesitant to jump into something so new though. Expensive, time consuming and no guarantees on results. We did Fast Forward and while alot of people swear by it I saw little to no improvement. Even if I’d known more I probably would of done it just because of the chance it would of helped my son and if I didn’t I would of never known. How much does this therapy cost? Thanks for any info on this
Karen
Hi Lori,
both of my boys participated in IM. My youngest has the SI label,along with a few more. Both are ADHD/LD I was looking to improve attention span,and motor planning issues. I believe it definitely improved coordination and attention span. You might try calling Pine Crest school down in So. Fla. they participated in a study of the program,and I would be willing to bet could give you a list of therapist. Beth from Fla. is also in your area and will be along soon,I am sure:-)