Aaron's first OT appointment with Jane

Ideas & tasks from Jane:

• Climb lots of stairs
• Heavier shoes like hiking boots in fall
• Mini trampoline with handles for safety - loves it!!!
• Stairs + puzzles - pieces at the bottom of the stairs so he climbs and jumps
• Puzzles + wagon walking - walking on hands across to get pieces
• Puzzles + jumping like a kangaroo
• Puzzles + tippy toe reaching for pieces held just out of reach
• Foam cut out puzzles for pushing with hands
• Take normal games and make them harder (physically)
• New chair - has place for feet. This enables him to lean forward. He eats easier, and does manual things like color more easily
• Pick up fuzzy balls with giant wooden tweezer and put them in a jar(tactile, hands)
• Side bar: Discussed crashing trucks and cars. Pull on arm and squeeze hand (gives sensory satisfaction) and say, "we don't throw trucks, we only throw balls".
• Blowing bubbles
  
  Jane said that compression & pressure helps the brain develop more body awareness and joint compression also releases serotonin. Walking on hands or doing activities that require lots of hand pressure also develops more awareness of sensation in his hands.