[blindkid] never stands still
Kathy B
burgawicki at yahoo.com
Fri Jun 11 23:45:37 UTC 2010
Richard,
Do you mind me asking how old Kendra was when you first started having her use the treadmill? And, how long will she stay on it at one time?
Thanks,
Kathy
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From: Richard Holloway <rholloway at gopbc.org>
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)" <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Fri, June 11, 2010 3:02:14 PM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] never stands still
Darian,
I think you're exactly right-- virtually all kids have this sort of energy. The thing that comes up with blind children more often is that some of them have more trouble finding enough safe-feeling ways to release the energy which must go somewhere. No doubt, ANY child who cannot (for whatever reason, it need not be vision-related) move and jump and play as much as he or she feels compelled to is likely to begin to express motion and release energy in socially undesirable ways.
My sighted kids can tear off and run and they're not afraid they'll crash into a tree. Kendra won't do that, but she'll put that same level of energy or excitement into jumping in a trampoline, swimming, or any number of other "safe-feeling" activities. Something else I didn't tie to this before-- back to the treadmill. Kendra is hesitant to run across a field, no doubt she doesn't feel sure-footed enough when running and/or she thinks she'll crash into something. However, on a treadmill she will walk briskly or even sprint at times and she loves it.
Richard
On Jun 11, 2010, at 11:55 AM, Darian Smith wrote:
> If I may-
> I think (and I could be wrong) that it's really a matter of having
> alot of energy that needs to be expressed in some way. getting your
> child to be activ with regards to running, playing in a playground
> withother kids the child's age, swimming anything that will burn off
> that energy might help. II feel pretty confident that sighted
> children have just as much energy and run into the same things as
> well.
> Just my thoughts and they are as valid are as invalid as youmay like
> to take them.
> Best,
> Darian
>
> On 6/10/10, Heather <craney07 at rochester.rr.com> wrote:
>> Jeremy twirls, but he does not do it for prolonged periods, and all
>> toddlers, sighted toddlers do that, although by three or four it does
>> usually decrease from what I have seen in the early childhood field. We
>> usually try to shape the spinning into something, I.E. Duck Duck Goose going
>> in circles around one of us while we tap his head for ducks and pick him up
>> and raspberry and tickle him for goose, and Ring Around the Rosey, which
>> with only one child, is pretty much just spinning with a song and a planned
>> fall down at the end. Now he never spins without also singing the song, so
>> I'm not terribly concerned.
>> ----- 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: Thursday, June 10, 2010 6:46 PM
>> Subject: Re: [blindkid] never stands still
>>
>>
>>> Our 7-year-old still does that occasionally and has done it since she was
>>>
>>> probably 2. I used to try to tell her to stop but we had far better
>>> results long term when we redirected her to something else. Then once we
>>> started offering her more and more movement alternatives the problem
>>> decreased greatly. If she's spinning a lot at home now, we'll usually ask
>>>
>>> if she needs to go and jump. Generally, she'll stop spinning with the
>>> question and walk straight to her trampoline.
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jun 10, 2010, at 6:26 PM, L wrote:
>>>
>>>> My daughter does the same thing, she is 3. SHe will spin in circles and
>>>>
>>>> makes me dizzy. We have just told her, stop spinning, most of the time
>>>> she does. But even while spinning she is holding her favorite sensory
>>>> toy, so I am not sure what to do either! Thanks for the question.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> From: Marie <empwrn at bellsouth.net>
>>>> To: Blindkid email <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Thu, June 10, 2010 12:42:54 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [blindkid] never stands still
>>>>
>>>> I'm no expert on this but I'm wondering if she is filling a sensory need
>>>>
>>>> by this constant motion. Does she stop moving when you are talking with
>>>> her or she is otherwise engaged? Perhaps providing her with other ways
>>>> to gain sensory input would help.
>>>>
>>>> Marie (mother of Jack born May 2005)
>>>> See glimpses of life with my determined son who is developing in his own
>>>>
>>>> way at his own time at http://allaccesspasstojack.blogspot.com
>>>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Kathy B <burgawicki at yahoo.com>
>>>> Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:18:43
>>>> To: <BVI-Parents at yahoogroups.com>; <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Subject: [blindkid] never stands still
>>>>
>>>> Hi All-
>>>>
>>>> My daughter (4), totally blind, has a real hard time holding still. She
>>>>
>>>> is constantly in motion by fidgeting, wiggling, bouncing, etc. She
>>>> doesn't do a whole lot of rocking but she does need motion. How do I
>>>> get her to stop.
>>>>
>>>> Please help!
>>>>
>>>> Oh, the swimming lessons are going great!
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Kathy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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