Trampolines - good for your kids
When your child jumps up and down...up and down dy gets two things it craves badly (I’m going to get all jargony on you now): proprioceptive input and vestibular motion feedback.
What does all this do? It helps your child be aware of space, of his body, how his limbs respond to each jump. It’s an autism-friendly exercise trampoline, and for the icing on the top - it’s a socially acceptable repetitive behavior. So your kid can finally have a way to calm down without standing out.
Regulate Intense Emotions:Pent-up emotions. We all experience that. But for the autistic child, as you know, the eventual necessary release tends to be very loud and wreak a lot of havoc.But is extremely relieving but does no damage. Best of all, it doesn’t just work when the “explosion” is simmering right under the surface. You can use it regularly so your child releases those feelings before they become so overwhelming. And do it often enough, your child will soon learn to crave the relief of the own volition.That’s huge.
Improve Body and Safety Awareness:Tired of keeping your kid out of danger? Teach him to avoid danger on his own. And the best way to do that is to increase his awareness of his body and the world around him with that. Why?When your child jumps on the, when he returns to the surface, his body automatically gets bounced upwards from the impact. This pretty much forces his body to react appropriately to the bounce. In other words, you’re bypassing logic and going straight to visceral reactions.And if your child does this again and again, he’ll automatically become more aware of the center of his body as he tries to gain control of the bounce to avoid falling. (We’ll go back to jargon to make the therapist happy: l increase coordination by improving bilateral motor skills.)With this autism-friendly exercise, your child’s body will unconsciously learn to interpret the signals being sent to the brain.
Easy Socializing:
Socializing is tough for your autistic child. And sports? Forget about it. Way too overwhelming, dealing with rules and other kids and physical activity at the same time.Make it easier with a “sport” that allows parallel play with some interaction, and has no rules. Wanna take a guess? You got it - it’s to the rescue once again. It’s an autism-friendly exercise that will let your autistic child spend time with other kids in a non-threatening way.Make it easier with a “sport” that allows parallel play with some interaction, and has no rules. Wanna take a guess? You got it - it’s rescue once again. It’s an autism-friendly exercise that will let your autistic child spend time with other kids in a non-threatening way.