Finally the report came from Judy.
The breakdown:
social and emotional :
behavioral outcomes of sensory processing is definite difference
emotional/social responses is typical range in coping
modulation of visual input affecting emotional responses and activity level is typical range
modulation of sensory input affecting emotional responses is definite difference
overall would impact her, but yet it could be behavior related
sensorimotor abilities:
auditory processing is probable difference
display over responsive and under responsive
touch processing is definite difference
sensory seeking is definite difference
may impact her ability to self-regulate and to response appropriately to her environment
oral sensory processing is typical range
does not interfere
proprioception:
sensory processing related to endurance and tone is of typical range
needs work and will be a challenge
vestibular:
vestibular processing is definite difference
modulation related to body position and movement is definite difference
modulation of movement affecting activity level is definite difference
the difficulty to integrate vestibular input will display problems with attention, organization of behavior, communication and modulation of arousal
vision:
visual processing is typical
modulation of visual input affecting emotional responses and activity level is typical
yet observation suggested the opposite
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Pulled elbow again and medical system
Clemmie second time pulling her elbow again. This time climbing up a bunk bed and slipped. Rushed her to the closes hospital by taxi Hong Kong Baptist Hospital. Dr. Constantine Au attended to her after we waited for 2 hours at this private hospital. Who knew that on a Sunday it gets so busy?!? The nurses were loosing their heads too running around from room to room and trying to calm one patient down then to the next one.
This time it was a minor pull. There wasn't a loud cracked like last time, but she was definitely not using her right arm. After 5 minutes of the doctor maneuvering her arm, she was back to normal and running out to the waiting room using both her arms. My parents were in awed. See that is what happens a child cannot fake those kind of broken arm. At least she slept for 30 minutes with her power nap awhile waiting for the doctor.
The official receipt came to HKD 250 = USD 33.00. My ER bill last time for her was in the USD 560 range. And we didn't get any health insurance in Hong Kong and we had an insurance in the US. At least with a day of work in Hong Kong, people can pay for their ER bill making HKD 28 an hour as minimum wage. Even at USD 10 an hour as minimum wage in the state of California people still can't afford to pay ER bill and they have insurance on top of that fact. This is a fallacy with the US medical and insurance system!
This time it was a minor pull. There wasn't a loud cracked like last time, but she was definitely not using her right arm. After 5 minutes of the doctor maneuvering her arm, she was back to normal and running out to the waiting room using both her arms. My parents were in awed. See that is what happens a child cannot fake those kind of broken arm. At least she slept for 30 minutes with her power nap awhile waiting for the doctor.
The official receipt came to HKD 250 = USD 33.00. My ER bill last time for her was in the USD 560 range. And we didn't get any health insurance in Hong Kong and we had an insurance in the US. At least with a day of work in Hong Kong, people can pay for their ER bill making HKD 28 an hour as minimum wage. Even at USD 10 an hour as minimum wage in the state of California people still can't afford to pay ER bill and they have insurance on top of that fact. This is a fallacy with the US medical and insurance system!
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Thunderstorms and homemade playdough
This week in Hong Kong, we have a typhoon watch! There was an amber alert yesterday with thunderstorm warning. It has been raining whales off and on. We all stayed home.
A day to make some playdough to play and it is great for sensory diet.
1 cup of all purpose flour
1/2 cup of salt
2 teaspoon of cream of tartar (this keeps the playdough fresh)
1 cup of water
2 tablespoon of oil (any type of cooking oil: olive, corn, coconut)
1 teaspoon of food coloring
Mix dry ingredients in sauce pan. Mix wet ingredients in bowl and then gradually pour and stir into dry mixture. Cook over medium heat to high heat and stir it constantly until it forms into a ball. Remove to cool on wax paper. Store in airtight container up to 6 weeks.
Simple and fun!
A day to make some playdough to play and it is great for sensory diet.
1 cup of all purpose flour
1/2 cup of salt
2 teaspoon of cream of tartar (this keeps the playdough fresh)
1 cup of water
2 tablespoon of oil (any type of cooking oil: olive, corn, coconut)
1 teaspoon of food coloring
Mix dry ingredients in sauce pan. Mix wet ingredients in bowl and then gradually pour and stir into dry mixture. Cook over medium heat to high heat and stir it constantly until it forms into a ball. Remove to cool on wax paper. Store in airtight container up to 6 weeks.
Simple and fun!
01. Help little hands develop fine motor skills
02. Learn about colors
03. Learn about numbers and letters
04. Learn about opposites : big vs small, thick vs thin, hot vs cold
05. Cause and effect : cooking, mixing colors, using hands to create
06. Create conversations
05. Cause and effect : cooking, mixing colors, using hands to create
06. Create conversations
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| Hot off the stove! |
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| Yellow + Red = Orange |
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| How many green bread man? |
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| Infinite of creativity. |
Monday, June 13, 2011
Herman Miller and spinning
What do they have in common? The chair that Herman Miller made is very stylish and it spins. Fun for any kid with SPD that requires a spinning diet. My hubby and my dad went out to purchase the most comfortable office chair at POSH. It is around USD 1000+. I almost floored when I heard the price. But at least we have something for Clemmie to spin around in and also for her to push me around in.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Lazy vs Crazy
Theo had his first school interview at American International School. We met the primary school principal Beckie Bouchard, who is a NoCaler and relocated to Hong Kong last summer.
The interview consist of recognition of alphabet and phonics sounds of the letters, shapes and counting probably to a hundred since Theo only counted up to 20 without a problem, and colors.
It is a really tough luck situation because Theo knows all those except for phonics sound and reading. The principal said reading starts at 3, which to me isn't a surprise.
She was really honest and realistic with us. She doesn't want to see Theo struggle and fail just as much as we do. And also from a business stand point, get the money for as long as you can and also keeping the school reputation. I am sure she was in an educational cultural shock and how believed the book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother written by Amy Chua. Besides just going to school, extra curricular activities from piano lessons to tutoring to get ahead are highly recommended and kids stay up to midnight doing homework. Hong Kong in an educational cultural stand point would be consider crazy by western standard and in Hong Kong standard western education is lazy.
I was raised the lazy way which here they call it the North American way, but the result yield a 4 years liberal art college educated me. But what is the Hong Kong way of education, as the parents here mentally view education is more important than health. I probably view mental health to be more important. Parents here would drive their young child into boot camp styled discipline and each one lives in a ridge robotic time schedule. This rigidity will backfire when starting college where parents are not the official time keeper. And the funny thing, colleges in the States are highly regarded. Despite all this prepping from birth which could yield the same result either from the crazy or the lazy path. But mentally would this Hong Kong society yield a free thinker? Some student couldn't go through college without their official parent time keeper to keep taps on them. And soon fail miserably because they are now free from living in their parental shadows, what are they to do with so many option yet to explore. My question still stands to produce a natural thinker or a by the book producer?
In a way, I am glad Theo failed as this system would fail him to be a child. But I do believe in setting those basic foundation and literacy is one of them.
At the end of the interview, the principal open us to many new possibilities. We are not the type of parent who would push our children into rigorous routine, but rather foster their natural talents and drive, hopefully away from our own shadows.
The interview consist of recognition of alphabet and phonics sounds of the letters, shapes and counting probably to a hundred since Theo only counted up to 20 without a problem, and colors.
It is a really tough luck situation because Theo knows all those except for phonics sound and reading. The principal said reading starts at 3, which to me isn't a surprise.
She was really honest and realistic with us. She doesn't want to see Theo struggle and fail just as much as we do. And also from a business stand point, get the money for as long as you can and also keeping the school reputation. I am sure she was in an educational cultural shock and how believed the book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother written by Amy Chua. Besides just going to school, extra curricular activities from piano lessons to tutoring to get ahead are highly recommended and kids stay up to midnight doing homework. Hong Kong in an educational cultural stand point would be consider crazy by western standard and in Hong Kong standard western education is lazy.
I was raised the lazy way which here they call it the North American way, but the result yield a 4 years liberal art college educated me. But what is the Hong Kong way of education, as the parents here mentally view education is more important than health. I probably view mental health to be more important. Parents here would drive their young child into boot camp styled discipline and each one lives in a ridge robotic time schedule. This rigidity will backfire when starting college where parents are not the official time keeper. And the funny thing, colleges in the States are highly regarded. Despite all this prepping from birth which could yield the same result either from the crazy or the lazy path. But mentally would this Hong Kong society yield a free thinker? Some student couldn't go through college without their official parent time keeper to keep taps on them. And soon fail miserably because they are now free from living in their parental shadows, what are they to do with so many option yet to explore. My question still stands to produce a natural thinker or a by the book producer?
In a way, I am glad Theo failed as this system would fail him to be a child. But I do believe in setting those basic foundation and literacy is one of them.
At the end of the interview, the principal open us to many new possibilities. We are not the type of parent who would push our children into rigorous routine, but rather foster their natural talents and drive, hopefully away from our own shadows.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Dehydration
Hot and humid! Theo rather stayed in door. And Clemmie doesn't really care about the heat.
I took her for another outing at a playground and after 30 minutes the heat got me. But she refused to leave and we stayed for another half an hour.
The heat made her agitated and she refused to walk after running around like a nut. I was frustrated and she needed to go potty, but there was no restrooms around us. She ended up peeing anyways.
And her tantrum set in, I just kept on walking as she cried and ran after me with all the passerby wondering what was going on.
I took her for another outing at a playground and after 30 minutes the heat got me. But she refused to leave and we stayed for another half an hour.
The heat made her agitated and she refused to walk after running around like a nut. I was frustrated and she needed to go potty, but there was no restrooms around us. She ended up peeing anyways.
And her tantrum set in, I just kept on walking as she cried and ran after me with all the passerby wondering what was going on.
Friday, June 3, 2011
Clumsiness
I will call it the clumsiness tantrum. Clemmie has a few of those before. But now I understood the frustration. She knocked over a spaceship lego that Theo built by accident at 3:30am in the morning. And that triggered a tantrum that lasted 30 minutes long of loud and continuous crying and yelling. She wanted me to help her to fix the spaceship but I wanted her to calm down so we can do it together. I couldn't get her to listen to me even with simple commands. I had to grab her to her room and have her cry in the room so we don't wake anyone up.
My mom came out and started to shut off all the lights and try to get her into her room. I have to hug her and massage her back to calm her body down.
And as for my clumsiness. I got bruise awhile take a shower. It isn't pretty. I thought it wasn't a big deal of a bump, but now it is a huge purple blah on my knee. Sigh.
My mom came out and started to shut off all the lights and try to get her into her room. I have to hug her and massage her back to calm her body down.
And as for my clumsiness. I got bruise awhile take a shower. It isn't pretty. I thought it wasn't a big deal of a bump, but now it is a huge purple blah on my knee. Sigh.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Walking up steep hills
Theo is feeling the Hong Kong heat and humidity and walking up hill was a fleet for him. He refused to walk up hill. And JP has to carry him up. We just have to keep pushing him to walk because there will be a lot of walking. And it will help him with his low muscle tone.
On the other hand, Clemmie was a trooper walking up quiet a distance to a mini playground closed to where we are going to live. But eventually she was tired out, but it was some great proprioception sensory diet for them. And at the end they were able to play at the playground and sit down to eat a meal after a great workout.
On the other hand, Clemmie was a trooper walking up quiet a distance to a mini playground closed to where we are going to live. But eventually she was tired out, but it was some great proprioception sensory diet for them. And at the end they were able to play at the playground and sit down to eat a meal after a great workout.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
15 hour red eye
Yes, we survived a direct flight from Los Angeles to Hong Kong. My hubby and I were literally dreading this trip with the kids cause we don't know how they will react. But they were too tired at the end from the lines and waiting for security checks then once we boarded they slept. Theo slept for 9 hours and Clemmie for 8. That was only half the flight time.
But I was glad Clemmie stayed in her seat for the most part and the only time we walked around was to take trips to the restrooms. Theo was easily entertained with his iPad and the inflight entertainment system. We watched Tangled. What a cute movie.
Clemmie was excited about landing. She is a very impatience one and once we landed more lines and waiting by the immigration station. She was so loud in line, we couldn't do anything to stop her, and everyone was looking at us. Thank goodness a nice lady came by and actually let us go to the diplomatic line and we were out at the baggage claim in no time. And she was calm again.
And on the car ride to grandparents' place, both of them were so loud, I should have put myself in the middle seat. There is no getting around with sibling rivalry, we have to just keep them separate.
But I was glad Clemmie stayed in her seat for the most part and the only time we walked around was to take trips to the restrooms. Theo was easily entertained with his iPad and the inflight entertainment system. We watched Tangled. What a cute movie.
Clemmie was excited about landing. She is a very impatience one and once we landed more lines and waiting by the immigration station. She was so loud in line, we couldn't do anything to stop her, and everyone was looking at us. Thank goodness a nice lady came by and actually let us go to the diplomatic line and we were out at the baggage claim in no time. And she was calm again.
And on the car ride to grandparents' place, both of them were so loud, I should have put myself in the middle seat. There is no getting around with sibling rivalry, we have to just keep them separate.
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