A Slice of Different

A Slice of Different A landing page for SLT & therapy solutions services, & links to my blog & Instagram. I'll be posting

05/04/2021

Swings are excellent FREE sensory equipment! Most parks have them. They give great vestibular and proprioceptive sensory input. Alex, Katie and Logan all enjoyed being on them yesterday.

Little man had wanted a walk all day. Can't wait til A Slice of Different gets going so I can be self employed & take br...
31/03/2021

Little man had wanted a walk all day. Can't wait til A Slice of Different gets going so I can be self employed & take breaks to go on a walk with him whenever, rather than making him wait til the end of the day.

Alex has never been burdened by societal norms... including clothes... Unfortunately that's not okay in everyone's mind....
30/03/2021

Alex has never been burdened by societal norms... including clothes... Unfortunately that's not okay in everyone's mind.

New blog post about challenging behaviour and it's causes is live now.

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23/03/2021

We don't have a messy play zone with fancy equipment, but a big plastic container & leftover cardboard from our new kitchen cupboard packaging will do the same job! It doesn't matter if it's branded or if it was originally meant to serve a sensory purpose, it's the output that's important!

21/03/2021

My little outgoing sensory seeker! He'll love going climbing when he's old enough/lockdown ends (not sure which will happen first! 🤣)

07/11/2020

Posting here as well as my parenting page because it's SO APPLICABLE to ASD and LD.l too.

Little PSA for mums out there. I know it's hard, sometimes we don't have the time to listen as effectively as we'd like to be able to.
But just remember that the better we enable our children/special people to communicate their wants and needs to us, the better their emotional and physical well-being will be, and less inappropriate behaviours will occur because they're not frustrated by communication barriers.

You're doing great, keep doing what you're doing.

enin

25/07/2020

Logan's not Autistic (that we know of) but at this age Autism practice works great on him, and toddlers can act a lot like Autistic people in some ways.

I do countdowns with him and advanced warning to ready him for transitions, we do intensive interaction (which makes sense because I.I is based off of motherless of course), I give him choices between two things using visual aids and objects of reference. It alllllll works just as well with toddlers!

And at the moment his intense learning journey at this age is causing him to get very up close and personal with things he's playing with, laying down next to cars while he runs them along so he can see the wheels turning, etc. Which is a lot like what autistic people often like to do.

22/06/2020

Trampolines are DEFINITELY worth the money in my opinion.

Logan is 19mths and (as far as we know) neurotypical, but the glee he gets from his trampoline reminds me so much of a young Alex.

Alex is amazing on trampolines, he knew the proper names and ex*****on of tuck straddle and pike by the time he was 10 even though he probably only knew how to use 100 other words expressively.

They're both such sensory seekers, but it makes them adventurous and I love it because I can relate to it, I'm a seeker too. It's been so useful in helping Logan become more stable on his feet in unstable conditions, and it was an incredible way to connect with Alex and improve his language and interactions.

26/05/2020

We've now been on the swing for 15 minutes. I've never seen a child this young so able on a nor so determined to go so high, even though his core muscles may not be stable enough to support him if I go any higher 😂 he's definitely a sensory seeker. Reminds me of his uncle Alex and his skills on the trampoline, which Logan isn't far behind with!

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Never be too panicked if your special person struggles to follow instructions, or has difficulties understanding negativ...
07/05/2020

Never be too panicked if your special person struggles to follow instructions, or has difficulties understanding negatives (no, do not, can't etc).

Even big companies like sometimes struggle with it too.

04/05/2020

I haven't been able to see Alex much lately because of lockdown, but something Logan did on our walk yesterday reminded me of Alex & our other special people.

He kept stopping to investigate things, which made me think of our special people who can sometimes have such tunnel vision if something catches their eye, even the smallest detail!

But he's also learning road sense, & one of the small barriers we are having is that he's overgeneralising the protocol. When we get to roads I say "Now we stop. Hold mummy's hand. Look for cars. No cars. (Or "there's a car, wait til it's gone") Safe to cross."

He's confused this to mean that we stop ANY time there's a car, even if we're on the pavement and the car is passing us on the road we're next to! He's also still getting used to what constitutes a road, so if there's a change in pavement tarmac, he stops to look for cars too 😂


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