Sensational Reading

I have been reading!  Almost anything I can get my hands on about Sensory Processing Disorder.  It is the most curious disorder.  It is fascinating what the brain does and can do.  It is interesting reading things from a parents account and an Occupational Therapists account and occasionally from one with the disorder.  I feel inadequate and often out of my element.  I feel sometimes a total idiot in trying to help my child.  And sometimes I feel the most powerful mom in the universe!

My reading list includes books for parents as well as some books for children.  Written so that anyone can understand them, they are just full of great information.  The book that we have gained the most from and shared with the preschool teacher and family is a children's book THIS IS GABRIEL.  It is written in such a helpful way and Espen loves to read it!  And very quickly gives the reader a look at what is happening to the sensory child. 

I think I am most fascinated by Espen's constant motion.  It is exhausting but I can understand why he moves so much.  His brain just can not process the sensations he gets so he just keeps on getting more.  I am also quite fascinated by how the brain and body work with this disorder.  It helps me to be understanding and patient with his struggle to be completely potty trained.  It helps me understand how he never feels hungry.  It helps me to understand how he can wake up and be as alert as if he had not been asleep.

There is a giant amount of relief in having these books and to have some knowledge.  The best thing is there is someone out there that has lived through the disorder just like me!  And so I have on order some other child friendly books.  It helps us be able to have a language to use with Espen.  It helps him feel as if he is normal and not weird!  And so there is reading to do....