[blindkid] rocking

[Richard Holloway]

As I understand it, a fair amount of interesting sensation can come from the eye pressing so it can be a real battle. I know of blind adults who still fight that urge too. Glasses tend to help as a reminder when kids forget, but determined kids certainly will reach under.

My best suggestion would then be to redirect and distract with something which is not so harmful that he likes as well or better than the stimulation from the poking. (Talking about it may actually make him want to do it more..)

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On Apr 30, 2012, at 4:17 PM, Traci Wilkerson <traci.renee27 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oh, he already wears glasses, he just slips his finger under it!
> 
> Traci
> On Apr 30, 2012 4:14 PM, "Traci Wilkerson" <traci.renee27 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> So what suggestions do you have for eye poking?  Our son has decreased it,
>> but then will kick it back up again, he even quit completely for about 4
>> months, but then it started up again.  He is 5, right now we are at the
>> bribing stage.  :)
>> 
>> I was just wondering about this reading your posts about movement, if I
>> could somehow spin these to apply to his poking,no intention to hijack!
>> 
>> Traci (Olivia,7 Evan,5, both LCA)
>> On Apr 30, 2012 3:17 PM, "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Richard's suggestion of a rocking chair might be a good one.  I can tell
>>> you that when I was 12, I was a jumper.  In the dorm I was always reminded
>>> that I couldn't jump without a jump rope.  Needless to say, when I'd go to
>>> the Gym, I'd grab a jump rope and jump as fast as I could.  (I always won
>>> the "How many times can you jump in x amount of time" contests, too.)
>>> Barbara
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. -- Carl Sandburg
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Richard Holloway
>>> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 12:35 PM
>>> To: Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)
>>> Subject: Re: [blindkid] rocking
>>> 
>>> Frequent rocking or spinning or other "blindisims" can be an issue for
>>> certain. Our daughter, Kendra (age 9) is much more prone to spin than to
>>> rock, but I suspect a similar approach may work for both.
>>> 
>>> Blind kids generally move around less and end up with other motion in
>>> their "sensory diet" than sighted children. I'm absolutely certain this is
>>> true for Kendra. We got her jumping in a trampoline when she was very
>>> young. She has jumped to the point of destroying so many that I have lost