Auditory integration therapy / light sensory therapy etc - anyone tried them?

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I'm in a "something must be done" mood at the moment researching different approaches to helping Ds2 with his motor problems. (He has no diagnosis but motor and co-ordination problems along with communication, speech and language difficulties). He is at a special needs unit but even they seem surprised at how poor his motor skills are and this has activated me into thinking if there is anything else we can do for this. I remember Charlotte Moore writes that she had some success with one of her boys (George I think) using AIT but not the other, and I wondered if anyone else had tried this, how much it cost, where they went etc?

They mentioned this on the Growing Minds course - said they recommended it because their data showed that some children had benefited, though others seemed unaffected. In contrast, they wouldn't recommend the Tomatis method (which I think is a similar kind of thing) because their research showed that although it had benefited some children, other parents reported negative effects.

It's certainly something I've considered - I think I remember a past thread where Davros made some comments about it, which makes me think she's the one to ask! Not unusually!

Thanks Sphil that's useful to know. The possibility of negative effects is certainly a bit scary. I will do a search and see what Davros said about it.