Hi Linda!
I remember you said your son was going to do some IM sessions this week. Is it possible for you to check about that article or study about children with awkward movements, but reasonably okay timing?
Anything you could do would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Lori
P.S. How is he doing? Were his scores the same as his last session or did they change over time?
Re: Linda F. - re: interactive metronome
Linda,
My understanding is that feet alone is vestibularly based. My son who had done Neuronet first, actually scored lower in the pretest on feet than hands, which is highly unusual. But the coordinating the two sides of the body is more integration—bilateral coordination type issues. It may have a vestibular component, I am not sure, but it requires different sort of processing than just feet or just hand. This was the hardest thing for my son too. My son was initially so far off that he was closer to the next beat. This is when the just getting trained in IM audiologist told me to get other therapy first!! (We returned to do IM with her two years later.) She also told me that she thought that my son had integration issues—I pulled out the auditory testing and sure enough, it was consistent with that.
Beth
I looked for the article in her office and couldn’t find it. I will have to ask her when we go this week.
My son’s scores are doing much better with his hands. He is consistantly in the teens. His feet are another story. He can’t do the bilateral left foot right hand, the left heel and right heel to well. Scores are dropping there but it is taking longer than I would have hoped. He is in the 40s to 50s still. I know this is related to his vestibular issues. When he does his heal his whole body moves instead of just his heals. I just can’t stop IM with these obvious deficits still present. He wants to continue too. Our therapist is giving us a price break so we will do 4 more session next week.
It is so strange. He came home from IM the other day and organized his room out of the blue. I hadn’t even mentioned it. He also can do some vision therapy exercises that were impossible before. He is doing really well with piano. He even writes his own songs for fun. I have always thought that his creativity was hindered by his deficits. With some of his deficits removed he has the skills that allow him to express his gifts. This has always been my dream for him.
It will be interesting to see how all of this effects school.