[blindkid] never stands still
Richard Holloway
rholloway at gopbc.org
Sat Jun 12 04:36:21 UTC 2010
I suspect we are not quite up to the tandem running yet, but we will
likely get there at some point.
The trick is almost certainly to have a smooth enough surface that she
won't feel like she is going to stumble. We have of course run across
the yard and things like that, but generally at more of a guarded
pace. LIke so many of the other things already discussed and like you
mentioned as well, it is all about feeling safe enough to get past a
feeling that she might fall or crash.
Richard
On Jun 11, 2010, at 11:51 PM, Heather wrote:
> That's an interesting thing I noticed. As a young child I was low
> vision, but I did run a lot and only crashed spectacularly on
> ocasion, but my sight deteriorated over time, and I lost most of it
> by 16. It didn't occur to me until later on, how much I missed all
> out running, because, I, like many pre teens and young teenagers had
> shifted to accademic and artistic focuses from more physical ones
> and it was only when I was walking on a tred mill in the work out
> room in college that I felt this pang of depression and a very
> painful and real sense of loss, when I contemplated running on the
> tread mill and felt a spike of concern about whether or not I could
> or should. I did, and it felt ackward at first, then I felt like I
> was flying again, and I realized how much hurt I had been feeling at
> an unconscious level, not having been able to run in almost ten
> years, and knowing that I could never do that, in the same way, ever
> again. I am so glad that your daughter feels free and safe and
> empowered enough to let loose and run on the tread mill. Perhaps she
> might enjoy running with you, on a track or smoothe field where she
> knows she won't run into anything. I have been contemplating lately
> either getting Jim to go running with me or taking up horseback
> riding again, because I miss that freedom so much.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy B" <burgawicki at yahoo.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)" <blindkid at nfbnet.org
> >
> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 7:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [blindkid] never stands still
>
>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> 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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