Proprioceptive Sensory Seeker
Crash into me! Boy and I getting sick of this! Summer is supposed to be fun but for some reason Little Pickel is crashing all over the place. I don’t mean crashing into things…I mean crashing into me on purpose!
Kids who are proprioceptive sensory seekers are sometimes called sensory seekers. High functioning autistics or kids with disorders like PDD or institutional autism like Little Pickel crave active movement; pushing, pulling, pushing, crash landings, lunging into walls and people. The love input to the muscles and deep pressure. These are the kids who do great with weights and weighted blankets, vests, joint compressions, lap weights in the classroom, chewies, etc.
However, these are also the kids who engage in self injurious behaviors like hitting, biting, head banging, poking eyes, and pulling hair because it feels good. They crave deep pressure and sometimes pain. Little Pickel did some of those but he also hurts others in efforts to feel pressure for himself. Hitting and kicking others brings him sensory input and when he needs it he seeks it anyway he can.
So, to solve this?
The extremely aggressive child, like Little Pickel, needs an outlet. He needs heavy work all the time.
Here is a great list of Heavy Work activities at one of my favorite sites.
And, some products that we have in our home already:
Kid-Riffic Jump Smart
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