What is Stimming and how we differentiate and resolve it?
First lets know about what is stimming Or self stimulating behaviour. When a child is over seeking or avoiding the environment, it's called stimming. Children do stimming with many things like objects, lights, fans, pictures ,grass etc.
Types of stimming
Auditory
Visual stimming
Taste
Smell
Teactile
Auditory : In this child do auditory stimming with sounds with throwing things, with mouth making different sounds. Some children do clapping. some child do self talk . Like some child sings poem with himself or herself and lost in this. Some children put their hands on ears to avoid the sounds.
Visual stimming: In this children do visual stimming with see colourful alphabet, colourful picture, screening, see lights and fans. By moving fingers in front of eyes, spinning and rotating objects, eyes tracking. Some child put hands on eyes to avoid person or things.
Taste:- In this child either seeking or avoiding for taste or texture by putting each and every object in his or her mouth . Some child only take soft things like eating fruits without peel.
Smell:- some child do stimming with smell. They do smell like bodyparts,others hands and hairs as well and some child smell his own swet as well as some of them like to touch private part and then smell.
Teactile:- some child do over seeking or avoiding with touch. Some child like particular texture like soft touch, some child like hard texture. We can understand with example like some child sit only on soft chair or sofa because of the texture. Some of them do frequent hug and kisses on other hands .some of the kids even avoid touch of their parents.if there is texture problem they do seeking with frequent touch to private part and soft toys.

How to reduce self stimulating behavior or stimming:-

Self stimulating behavior can be regulated by sensory integration therapy. When child do stimming then we can control him by human touch. Or distracting by sounds like ahhhhhhhhh,hmmmmmm, ah ah.... . To avoid taste stimulation first we have analysed whether it's taste or texture that the child is seeking or avoiding then according that we have to work on it. Difficulty in chewing can lead to speech problem so before doing any experiment we must take the advice of well trained and qualified therapist.Speech therapy as well as Occupational therapy (Sensory Integration Therapy)play a vital role in improve child with sensory processing issues wheras Cognitive Behavioral therapy helps in establishing the desirable behaviour in a child. When child do visual stimming clap in front of eyes of child and give light pressure to eyes. We can also reduce the stimming of child by engaging them in physical activity.
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