Helping Your Child with Sensory Processing Issues Lynne Jackson Ep 258

Don't Mom Alone Podcast

Parenting, Leisure, Education, Kids & Family

4.9 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

When a child processes sensory information just a little differently than his or her peers it can mean BIG emotions, meltdowns and a huge struggle for us as parents.

Often these kids are labeled as “sensitive” or “intense” and they might cause us to avoid playdates and public places because we’re never sure what seemingly small issue will cause the next explosion.

Lynne Jackson of Connected Families joins me to uncover the mysteries behind our kids with sensory struggles and how we can help them thrive. We talk about Sensory Processing Disorder and the wide range of sensory processing symptoms.

As a mom who had two kids with sensory processing needs and as a licensed occupational therapist, Lynne encourages us to become a student of our kids and try to understand their point of view.

“Imagine if the volume on all your sounds and the sensations in your body was turned up and you were to trying to fall asleep, that would be really hard. Car rides and meals are often torturous. So then what are the kids doing? They're trying to cope. They're jumping down. They're complaining about the food and squirming in their seats. They're trying to do something so they feel in control.”

We talk about what to do if you suspect a sensory processing problem in one of your kids and where to seek help. I share my story of working through this with one of my boys and why I wish we’d gone to see a therapist sooner.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all welcome back to the Don't Mom Alone podcast.
0:10.5	I am your host Heather McFadian and this is the place where I'm going to walk alongside
0:15.6	you and connect you with people and resources so you know that you don't mom alone.
0:22.7	In this episode number 258 I have the privilege of welcoming back a favorite guest Lynn Jackson
0:28.7	of connected families. Today she's taking on the role of occupational therapist and giving
0:33.6	us advice for our kids who struggle to process sensory information.
0:38.8	You become a student of your child and try to figure out what calms them down. If dinner
0:44.4	is just a nightmare do I put something in the crock pot and go to the park before dinner
0:51.0	and get that big muscle activity before I'm asking my kids to sit still and tolerate
0:58.0	this sensory barrage. So you're you're looking to see you know is it the park? Is it could
1:03.4	I just give them a little massage while I'm talking to them about what we're going to
1:07.5	do once we get out to the car and take our little drive someplace. It's just trying to
1:13.4	figure out what calms my child down well and how can I provide that for them before they
1:19.2	have to do something stressful.
1:21.9	In a world that's louder and busier and full of more sensory information than ever I
1:30.2	know I am not the only parent who is working through the challenge in parenting a child
1:35.7	that struggles to process that information wherever your child falls on that spectrum.
1:41.4	Lynn is going to hold our hand today and help us get a little more perspective on what's
1:45.9	going on in this child that you're parenting to kind of give us the grace that we need,
1:50.2	the compassion that we need and even if you don't have a child with sensory processing
1:54.8	disorders or difficulties that you can have understanding for your friends that you can
2:00.4	come alongside them and say things like wow this is hard and you are being such a patient
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