SPD Diagnosis & OT Therapy

We'll we are officially diagnosed. She said she has a mild form of SPD called Body Awareness issues which is why she's constantly moving, jumping, climbing, etc. They said we're already doing 150% of what they would recommend so we're going straight to OT which will start within the next 30 days. 1 - 45 minute session per week. She said she's extremely advanced and that since we're catching this early they should be able to help her learn to recognize her body and cope and it should help her speech take off. I'm going to make her a weighted blanket & vest this weekend and she said that is perfectly on target with what her therapist will suggest on her first visit anyway. She said to only do a 1lb blanket because of Gwen's size because anything heavier would likely shut down her nervous system and all she'll do is sleep (so I may also make a 3lb one for night time). She said that a persons nervous system isn't "set in stone" until about 8 years old so we have time to reconfigure hers. This is why she's so clumsy and bumps into things a lot.