When someone tells you your child has dyspraxia and sensory processing disorder, you really do not know what it means.  You might have the actual definition, might have the facts, or the list of symptoms. And trust me, those things are immensely helpful. But once you close the book, or “X” out of the website, you are left to turn around an look at your child and wonder what does it all really mean to your child’s life?  How does knowing that scratchy tags and too tight clothes really translate into a Monday morning routine? How does knowing they will struggle with balance, throwing, or writing help your child blend into a regular days activities?

Some of the hardest times for parents of a child with these disorders is to learn how to take the information you read about, hear about or learn about on website, facebook pages or support groups and somehow translate all those words, terms and advice into something that can help YOUR child in their day-to-day life, into those moments when they are screaming because they cannot stand having you touch them to help brush their teeth or those moments when they are writing their name and you are sure that the letters you see on their paper in no way look like the letters you know comprise the alphabet.  Those are the times when you simply wonder how do you make it all mesh? Continue reading →