Have name changed for this but really need your help, stimming related.

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Hi folks you all know me but I have name changed for this because it is not about my own child.

I am working with a LO I know very little about, he has times during the session when he appears to completely zone out, he rocks and spins his toy although will sometimes do it when not holding the toy.

He doesn't appear to be aware of what is going on around him when he is in the zone.

At first I thought he was stimming but now I am not so sure.

Could a seizure type absence ever look like this or is this stimming?

He is definitely developmentally delayed and has no communication skills.

Hoping someone can advise

I have no experience with seizures in children but DS zones out and rocks when he is thinking? or piecing together something we have said. He is a visual thinker and I think he shuts down and "pictures" his ideas iyswim

Could be an absence seizure.

I wondered that Indigo, if it is looking that way I need to speak to his folks ASAP but if it is just stimming that we can work around it.

You are probably wondering why I haven't alredy spoken to his parents but believe me I do have a good reason.

Meant to say thanks coff, that is what I am hoping it is TBH.

might be worth making a chart of how often and for how long this happens?

perhaps then broaching the subject with the parents and asking if they have noticed anything and asking them permission to look into it further maybe permision to mini video a few episodes?

Mmmm very good idea coff, thanks

try to video it on your phone, a friend of mine managed to get her DD having an absent seisure, and the pead confirmed from the video....maybe having the video will give you chance to look back and examine the situation and look at the bigger picture to give you a better idea if it is processing or seisure...

Thanks angel but the safeguarding rules dont allow use of phones. We do have a video camera though so i think that would be something i would consider, with parental permission.

As a parent, I would expect this to be mentioned to me immediately either way - whether it might be a stim or possible seizure. I wouldn't expect any school personnel to observe any noteworthy behaviour and not mention it to me so that I could monitor my child for that behaviour at home as well and provide me with the information so that I could note it and mention it to his paed or OT. It's possible that the parents are aware of this behaviour or may have more information on it for you as well.

I totally agree triggles it is a very tricky one, there is a lot more to this than i have mentioned. Hence the name change.

Sorry. It sounds very worrying. I think that since you have concerns you are probably right to have.

There are lots of videos of absence seizures in children available on youtube. If you put in enough descriptor words in the search you might be able to find something similar to watch and compare.