Sensory Integration Disorder Support Group

Sensory Integration Disorder is a neurological disorder causing difficulties with processing information from the five classic senses, the sense of movement, and/or the positional sense. Sensory integration disorders vary between individuals in their characteristics and intensity.

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SPD and aggressive behavior

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I have a 6 year old son who has SPD and tonight when I picked him up at the babysitter's house, he was running around with the other kids, she was also babysitting three other kids, so there were a total of 8 kids. So anyhow, he was happy and then he twisted a couple of people's arms and they got upset. I feel so bad, he was good all day over there till then, but he was there for a long time (14 hours) as I work 12 hour shifts. I am thinking maybe he was tired and overwhelmed. He went to sleep in the car. I just feel bad about it all. He has been doing better since he started OT. He did not seem mad or anything.
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My son is 8 and when he was younger he had a lot of "aggressive behavior'. Some parents thought I was a bad parent, but on the other hand I was the ONLY parent constantly waiting for him to cause another 'mishap'. A lot of times it was because he got over stimulated or was trying to receive the 'input' he needed for his body to feel better. Actually, just recently we had an episode where I had to take him in a quiet room to do some OT jumps so that he wouldn't have such aggressive play.

Just know that your child was most likely not acting naughty. Not every parent will be understanding to your child's behavior. It makes it all that much more challenging for us to know we are doing the right thing. :)
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My son is five and aggressive and defiant behavior is why I sought help for him. Hewas then diagnosed with sensory processing disorder. My OT just suggested a quiet place for my son, he calls it his hide-out. We draped a bedskirt over a table and put a lamp and cd player under it. He's allowed to take books or toys under there. It's just a suggestion because there are a lot of children in the babysitter's home. Have you read that SPD can cause a "fight or flight" response when the child becomes overwhelmed? My son definitely falls into the fight category. To pamm67 I knowexactly what you mean with being hyper-vigilant when your child is in difficult environments.
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If your son didn't seem upset, he may just not have realized that what he was doing was going to hurt another kid. I can say that at 27, I still accidentally hurt people, because I require such forceful, deep-pressure style input for my body, and it just doesn't always occur to me that that will actually /hurt/ other people. It's a hard thing to learn. Fortunately SPD kids today have the advantage of people to teach them how to deal with SPD--something that would have made my childhood so much easier!

I am happy for all your children--all of you, because you're here, and your children will have help.
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Thanks Everyone for responding. Pamm678, when did your son get better? Just curious. My son is six and I've seen improvements, but he still has his moments. Today was not one of his better days!!
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This sounds just like my (3 year old) son.

At preschool he will randomly walk over to a kid and just hit him.

Does anyone know some activities we can do at home to help with the whole "input" thing???

(Still in the proccess of getting an OT so trying to get a head start on my own)
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