[blindkid] never stands still
Brandy W
branlw at sbcglobal.net
Sun Jun 13 12:44:36 UTC 2010
My niece was spinning around with her doll yesterday. When she asked what
she was doing she said spinning because it is lots of fun. I think the
difference is she was deliberately playing and not supposed to be doing
something else or having a conversation with anyone. She was also engaging
in some dramatic play with her doll. Spinning on the tramp or in the pool
are all normal things. For me it is the random spinning at times in places
where it is not acceptable. I loved to spin as a child. My mom new nothing
about blind children and had little to know support than a teacher telling
her to make sure I did what normal kids and to make sure I didn't do
abnormal things. O I loved to spin as a kid and honestly when spinning a
child or something I still don't get dizzy. However my mom got me a sit and
spin much more fun back than for spinning, she allowed me to spin standing
listening to music and in my room. If I spun during other times when it
wasn't OK I was made to stop. I think it was wise on her part. She didn't
know to stop other behaviors but at lest she stopped this one. As for the
flapping it depends on this flapping. Is it in front of the face, is the
child holding on of his hands to flap it? Is it a quick flapping of the arms
or hands or does it continue. In general flapping is something that needs to
stop and most children don't do it. This is one of those behaviors that can
become a very socially inappropriate problem if it isn't stopped.
Bran
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Holloway" <rholloway at gopbc.org>
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)"
<blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 10:10 PM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] never stands still
> Excited flapping and jumping around sounds like standard little kid
> behavior to me as well. (My sighted 4-year-old certainly does plenty of
> that!) The areas where some of us get concerned and are more anxious to
> distract and redirect are often more in the realm of spinning and
> rocking. For some reason, and I have never really grasped why, spinning
> and rocking seem to be two mannerisms that are favorites of blind
> children.
>
> If it is spinning with a purpose, that's one thing ("look how my dress
> flies out when I spin!") but when my daughter used to just start twirling
> around while she would talk to a parent or teacher or friend-- that was
> concerning. We've had far fewer issues with the rocking but Kendra liked
> to spin, especially when she was small. We were advised by OT's and other
> professionals we trusted to keep encouraging other types of movement. It
> was a combination of all the things I have mentioned in her "sensory
> diet" for lack of a better term, that seems to have nearly stopped the
> spinning completely.
>
> She is most likely to spin now, only in mid air in the trampoline (I have
> no idea how it is possible to snap into a "360" in mid air like that) or
> sometimes while playing in the water. Those seem to be much more elements
> of play, especially since they are not carried back into typical daily
> actions. That's probably why I have shared so much (perhaps to excess)
> about what all we tried to get where we are with the movement. If anyone
> else is having similar concerns here, maybe that will spark an idea that
> they haven't run across yet.
>
> Richard
>
>
>
> On Jun 11, 2010, at 6:57 PM, Erin Teply wrote:
>
>> I have a 4 year old, Max, who is blind (light perception) and definitely
>> spends a lot of time jumping and occasionally flapping his hands.
>> However, this primarily is due to excitement. While we try to minimize
>> the flapping and jumping, I WILL NOT discourage his excitement over
>> things. And, like Brandy says, I do try to teach that when in school,
>> when talking to someone, etc that it is IMPORTANT to be still to show
>> attention. Yeah, I wish Max would express his excitement otherwise but
>> overall, he is SUCH a normal, awesome kid that even others (outside of
>> our family) would never think his behavior to be 'weird'.
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