Parenting a child with sensory issues Archives - CatsKidsChaos https://catskidschaos.com/tag/parenting-a-child-with-sensory-issues/ Cats, kids, coffee and chaos Wed, 23 Oct 2019 19:02:51 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://catskidschaos.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/cropped-cropped-catskidschaos-blog-logo-32x32.png Parenting a child with sensory issues Archives - CatsKidsChaos https://catskidschaos.com/tag/parenting-a-child-with-sensory-issues/ 32 32 SPD – what does it stand for? https://catskidschaos.com/2018/07/08/spd-what-does-it-stand-for/ Sun, 08 Jul 2018 16:04:39 +0000 https://madhouse.chocolateboxstudios.co.uk/?p=16685 Our son has SPD. SPD stands for Sensory Processing Disorder.  What does sensory processing disorder mean? Sensory processing (originally called “sensory integration dysfunction” or SID) refers to the way the nervous system receives messages from the senses and turns them into appropriate motor and behavioral responses. Whether you are biting into a sandwich, riding a […]

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]]> What not to say to a child with sensory processing disorder… https://catskidschaos.com/2018/02/28/what-not-to-say-to-a-child-with-sensory-processing-disorder/ https://catskidschaos.com/2018/02/28/what-not-to-say-to-a-child-with-sensory-processing-disorder/#comments Wed, 28 Feb 2018 18:38:16 +0000 https://madhouse.chocolateboxstudios.co.uk/?p=15230 I plan to write another post about sensory processing disorder, what it is, how it affects children, and their families, and lives, and how we work around coping with it, actually it will probably be several posts, come to think of it.  This is a brief post, with some pointers for those people who don’t […]

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]]> https://catskidschaos.com/2018/02/28/what-not-to-say-to-a-child-with-sensory-processing-disorder/feed/ 2 Doing school holidays differently because of Sensory Processing Disorder https://catskidschaos.com/2018/02/12/doing-school-holidays-differently-because-of-sensory-processing-disorder/ https://catskidschaos.com/2018/02/12/doing-school-holidays-differently-because-of-sensory-processing-disorder/#comments Mon, 12 Feb 2018 10:56:14 +0000 https://madhouse.chocolateboxstudios.co.uk/?p=15022 It’s half term week for us. Some families have already had their half term break, some families are still waiting for theirs to start. We are facing ours.  When I say facing, it sounds negative. School holidays, for us and me are a mix of pleasure, and frankly pain. We have a little boy who […]

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]]> https://catskidschaos.com/2018/02/12/doing-school-holidays-differently-because-of-sensory-processing-disorder/feed/ 1 What you don’t see – the bumblebee https://catskidschaos.com/2017/04/23/what-you-dont-see-the-bumblebee/ Sun, 23 Apr 2017 10:54:18 +0000 https://madhouse.chocolateboxstudios.co.uk/?p=12872 There’s a noise, I can hear it. It’s a low humming sound. It’s sometimes constant and determined, or it’s sporadic and patchy. It can be heard over other noise, and will often compete with louder noises and it’s also in the background, making itself known but not as obvious. To me, it sounds like a […]

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