every tuesday and thursday this month has been very challenging for me, since the condition of these two kids that i'm handling are on its extremes.
every tuesday, i gotta meet my so ever hyper autistic patient that craves for proprioceptive sensory input. he spanks his behind so hard, writes heavily on paper during handwriting activity, grits his teeth, and nanggigigil.
then come every thursday, i handle this so hyporesponsive autistic kid who is very obedient, sweet, and not-so-destructive. let's just say he's too behave & high funtioning to be true. his problem in his case is that he writes so light that's why the penmanship is not legible, needs to be stimulated so he can feel and have additional process in his functioning that should be more on proprioception because as you get to hold him, he's a bit floppy; also his speech, is not quite age appropriate. he tends to speak in one-word and doesn't express in sentences.
and for my part, i gotta target those areas to at least make them functional and for my tuesday kid, well...to behave and cooperate for 10-15 minutes. this afternoon, i already had things prepared for my patient and oh man, was i not surprised that it didn't come out exactly the way i wanted to happen. with kids like this, it's inevitable and the therapist must be fully aware and flexible about it. NAG-SHUTDOWN ang patient ko!!! ok, before you think of anything that is quite drastic as to what i have stated, unahan ko na kayo, it's not what you think it is. shutdown means in my kid's case, he was not responding anymore to my calming intervention. kinailangan ko na ng tulong from my supervisor kasi he was totally out of control. of course i wasn't angry coz it's his system that's not functioning well...not his behavior. kasama na rin yun but it is more than his mere poor working behavior. intensive intervention ang kailangan and my knowledge has increased (thankfully!!!) with the input of my supervisor. after doing that, for 10 minutes he was cooperative and behaved; he started verbalizing such as "i want the moon!" and throwing away things that he holds and well...intensive treatment is needed but good thing is, his session's over so i already terminated the treatment.
i don't regret about what happened to my orals. honestly, i badly need knowledge about OT treatment in pedia setting; among all the 3 settings that my profession encompasses, this is where i have poor exposure at. God's timing is never late, never fails. He reveals things one by one and i thank Him that i am able to understand the reasons why these happen right now in my life.
well...though that session a bit frustrated me since im almost a graduate of occupational therapy, i still wanted to practice my profession in this field. i love special kids....i wanna make them feel God's love for them and that they're very precious in His eyes.
goudin, OTRP...signing out ;p
