[tri-med] loud and messy

so we had akaiya's iep meeting today and after we finished talking about 
kaiya's wide variety of really cute footwear we were able to get down to 
business. akaiya is a loud kid. she keeps up a pretty constant "aaaaaaaaa" 
noise which varies according to her mood or activity. they are really 
interested in getting her to stop making this noise as it is inappropriate for 
a lot of settings ie: assemblies, library, story time, etc... she does stop 
making the noise when she has one on one attention, and the person providing 
the attention has to be right in her face talking directly to her.? they are 
actually concerned that she might be damaging her vocal cords b/c by the end of 
the school day she sounds kind of raspy. any suggestions on how to quiet a kid 
down would be greatly appreciated!
kaiya has also been keeping her hands in her mouth a whole lot for the past 
couple months. she has always been a finger chewer - but lately it has 
been?both hands, and she bites down so hard that i'm afraid she's going to hurt 
herself. when her hands are in her mouth she has drool just pooring out 
everywhere. she gets so wet at school that they change her whole outfit. she 
has always been drooly, but not to this extent. she doesn't even drink that 
much so i have no idea where she gets all the water from!? the school has some 
concerns that she might start experiencing break down of the skin on her hands.

the things we have tried for both problems are pretty similar. we give her toys 
- usually vibrating toys. when her hands are in her mouth we have tried putting 
little mittens on her hands...and have even gone as far as to use the elbow 
immobilizers to keep her hands away from her mouth. any more ideas would be 
great.

kelly - mom to akaiya t18 - 6yrs
http://akaiyajacelyn.blogspot.com


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