Can you hear me?

The time change has done a doozy on my boys. They are both so off kilter that the whining is starting to make my ears bleed. It usually takes a few days before their little bodies are back on track.
Because of this, Wes was more agitated then I've seen him in a long time. He had a tantrum at school with the transition from school to home which he hasn't done in quite sometime. His aide was concerned until I reminded her of said time change. In the afternoon, he had his OT appointment. I let his therapist, J, know of his behavior and what was happening. I asked her to take it easy on him and he let her know the same thing in his own way. She decided to try Listening Therapy on him. J has taken a course and become certified to administer Therapeutic listening. She had tried the Therapeutic Listening with Wes in the past, but he refused to wear the large headphones. Monday, he decided they were okay. J played some music that was modulated. The music had high and low pitches alternating through-out. She had at first, Wes kind of had an odd giggle, but settled down and barely moved for a half an hour. J was very surprised by this given the way his day had gone. After the session she let me know what happened and asked me to keep a close eye on his behavior for the rest of the night.

Let me tell you, I was shocked when we got home. The vocal stimming and rocking had totally diminished. He seemed slightly more hyper, but he wasn't flapping his hands and screeching like a banshee. Tim noticed it too. Wow is all I can say. I immediately emailed J the next morning to let her know what we saw. She said that with his body being so disregulated due to the time change, this was major for him. It had regulated him so well that she wants us to continue to do it daily. She is ordering Wes some headphones for us to borrow.

I love my child dearly, but those vocal stims are enough to drive a sane person mad. They are loud and at times ear piercing. I have to remind him to use a quiet voice, but I know it's not that easy for him. He does these stims to regulate himself and keep his body in a state of awareness.

It will be interesting to see what this does for him