感统训练是否有用的问题,我没有发言权, 因为两年前在另外一个网站看过一个帖子,从此不碰感统。虽然孩子的进步还算让人满意,但加入感统,会不会更好一些, 不知道。最近看到有位同学谈这方面的内容, 想起这个帖子, 其中观点大致是感统无用。其用语比较偏激,所以这里不作翻译,原文照贴。
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By Ben Wolfson
Dear bfskinnerpunk,
When I first logged on to this site, I asked thisvery question. I asked it for a reason, not because Ididn't know the answer which I'll lay out for ya. The
reason I asked is because I wanted to hear from othersto make sure that it wasn't just me that's thinking ofstarting a petition to outlaw OT.
> > When someone says, "as you know, autistic kids have sensory issues"... what do you think this means.
I think this means that the person who is stating it is ignorant. Imagine, someone goes to a Dr. and the doc says,"We need to operate right away!" You ask the Doctor,"Oye! What's the problem??" And the Doc responds, "Oh,the patient has cardiac issues." Huh?
Sure, we have to "do therapy" for "sensory issues." Listen: OT's bread and butter is explainatory fiction.
The kid won't sit? Sensory issue. The kid bites others? Sensory issue. He refuses to eat veggies? Sensory issue. He closes his eyes during therapy? Sensory issue. And let's not forget the other classic: He has transition problems.
BFskinnerpunk, it's like this: I saw a one of my kids that I service in the home in session at the Center where he also goes. He was covering his eyes and trying desperately to tune out the instructor. I asked the instructor, "What do you spose is causing that reaction?" You guessed it: sensory issues. Explanatory fiction: the child never does that w/me and I'm w/him two hours a day. The problem: the instructor was SCREAMING. "DO THIS!" and, YEA. an inch from his face. Sensory issue? Sure, my defenses get raised when one of my senses is attacked. Screaming in my face will get an escape response.
My brother is sensitive to the sun. He's a redhead.So he increases his: "sun avoiding behavior." I hate spinach. That's a sensory issue. I practise "spinach avoiding behavior." But I'm not going to pay an OT $150 an hour to increase my spinach eating behaviors.
A child flaps his hands. Usual suspect: automatic reinforcement. Stimming in today's coffee house jargon. OT response? Put weights on his wrists. Child is biting others? OT response: Looking for oral stimulation. The fact that the one he bit was holding this non-verbal child by the collar and he has a history of biting to get attention/escape means precious little to an OT.
Now you ask, what does it mean in terms of treatment strategies. The first move is to have the OT removed from the team. The second is to do a functional analysis on the particular behavior. The third is to form a hypothesis of function and replace the behavior.
> It's certainly said a lot, but I don't think I have ever heard anyone
> say what this really means... or more importantly. ..
> what this implies in terms of treatment strategies.
> Do they simply mean that the student is sensitive, for instance, to certain noises? or scratchy fabrics? (making it
> difficult to teach when those noises are present)
Temple Grandin is "sensitive" to scratchy fabrics.She will give you a 20 minute dissertation on the kind of underwear she uses. Is this a sensory issue? Yes.Which sense? Tactile. Does it require "therapeutic intervention? " No. Buy cotton.
Children cover their ears? Step one: get ears checked. If no problems discovered, get specific information, not: sensory issues. What noise? When?
Where? How (another room? outside? At the bowling alley?) And then you take steps to get the child used to that noise by exposure. Don't say, "the ears, the brain, the sensory blah blah." Ask: "What? When? Where? Who? How?
> Is that it? or are they implying a more fanciful theory?
> (e.g. as in the way "sensory integration theory" works... which is baffling)
Sensory integration theory: At present SIT is being carried to the junkheap of abandoned theories.
I cannot tell you how many times I've had a parent tell me: he won't eat, he can't chew, he can't wear short pants, he won't sit in a plastic chair, he
doesn't like loud sounds (except, for some reason,Barney turned up full blast), he bites, he covers his eyes, etc. etc. ad nauseum all being explained by:
"sensory issues." And all being shown to be nonsense,very often, on our very first session. This week started w/a new kid who: couldn't chew. By the end of session one, he was eating pretzels. His mother almost feinted. Had an argument about hand flapping. All therapists were to put 2 1/2 pound wrist
weights while working w/child. I refused. They all did and took data: result: weights increased hand flapping when not on. When on, he could barely lift his hands.
I've got to stop. I could write on this topic forever.
Bottom line: when someone says, "sensory issues" they are using an explainatory fiction.Period.
ben
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