Last week we officially started a new therapy for Tigger: Therapeutic Listening
Therapeutic Listening is a 6 week sound-based intervention which will consist of Tigger listening to special modulated rhythms through headphones 2X day for 30 minutes each time. These listening sessions, combined with with sensory integrative activities, should help his sensory modulation, attention, behavior, postural organization, and speech and language difficulties. I have heard good things about this program but was absolutely amazed on our first day.
While listening to his headphones during his first session, on his own he took the picture below off the wall:
This is a picture he made in his Japanese daycare at age 2. I just love it so I framed it and it is in the kids playroom.
Then he took a blank piece of paper and very carefully copied the picture. This is what he came up with:
I was impressed with the attention and focus he presented during this self-initiated project. I have not seen him focus like this before nor have I seen such self-direction.
When the 30 minute session was up he continued to draw copying other pictures and books around the house. His mood was very calm.
I am excited to see how he will blossom during the next 6 weeks with this program.
