The Out of Sync Child

[LizK]

OT recommended I read this and the follow up book. Wondering if anyone here has read them and whether they were any good?

 

Lx

[jen]

This is a fantastic book not to be missed. I liked it because it talked alot about sensitivites with children with ASD, dyslexia, dyspraxia etc. It gives you clear descriptions of children and is easy to read.

 

Jen

[UltraMum]

Excellent book - I used this in the second year of my degree to help my son with some of his problems ... there's a follow up - The Out of Synch Child Has Fun - full of activities.

 

It's very American and some of the activities don't translate too well but I have found it useful.

[kirstie]

I have read both books and they are definatley worth a read. My son has sensory integration dysfunction alongside his AS (as so many of our kids do) and when his OT suggested i read them i bought them from amazon at a good price and it made everything a lot easier to understand.

[jen]

There is another book which is useful called Answers to Questions Teachers Ask about Sensory Integration: Forms, Checklists, and Practical Tools for Teachers and Parents (Paperback)

by Carol Stock Kranowitz and there is anther one called something like the good enough get in sync.

 

 

Jen

[BusyLizzie100]

We were also recommended this book by the OT, and it's what started us on our path of illumination, for want of a better phrase!

 

The book is very readable, with lots of checklists. As I was reading it with DS1 in mind, I realised that DS2 was checking off a lot more things. He had a different OT who had already discharged him, but after reading this book I urged him to look again and the result was a dx of severe Sensory Integration Dysfunction.

 

From there I went on to read more and eventually raised the possibility of DS2 being on the autistic spectrum. Not at all, was the answer. A year later he was dx ASD also. THEN we realised that DS1 shared many of DS2's autistic nature; another year on and he had a dx of AS.

 

So yes, this book is well worth a read. The second one is also really useful - probably far more games and exercises than you'll ever use, but it's great to dip into and get ideas. It's not specifically about autism, but obviously there is overlap.