Comments on: The best therapy that's not therapy

By: Jeannie Anderson

Jeannie Anderson — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:03:31 +0000

I totally agree. When Mr. Busypants was 2-4 we saw more gains in his language skills when we went on vacation and swam a lot. It was incredible.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:41:36 +0000

It is only 'play' if the child chooses it.

By: colleen

colleen — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:08:47 +0000

I used to always feel guilty when I would cancel therapy for a week or two so we could go on vacation…but our vacations visitting our families, and having the kids be able to play with their cousins is always the best therapy for both of them. They always learn so much and have such a great time from playing with the kids that they dont normally get to see very much!

By: MaddyM

MaddyM — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:42:07 +0000

Real play, as opposed to 'repetitive' play has been a long time coming around here, so I thoroughly agree with you.
Best wishes

By: Deanna

Deanna — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:51:15 +0000

I so agree with you!
My son (almost 6) has sensory issues which lead to impulsiveness, aggression, minimum attentiveness to simply put it…he is very active and gets into many things and trouble when not outside everyday.
Last summer, swimming everyday, we noticed that his aggressivness went down 10 fold. He was more able to attend as well. We are seeing the same occur this summer. We chose to not put him into summer school this summer because of what you pointed out…playing can sometimes be the best therapy. Although, he still goes to weekly speech therapy and bi-weekly OT.