tinysocks - tomatis info

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hi
can you give anymore info about this pls - do you do it at home or need to go to a centre? how did you decide to do this one etc? how much does it cost etc

thanks

Ooh, I'd be interested in hearing about this too as there's a big centre close to where I live.

bump!!

hi! Sorry for my late reply, I haven't been on mumsnet.

• I have to go to a centre to do it. It is 10 days for 2 hours each day, after 6 weeks a second course, and after another 6 weeks a third course of therapy (I believe this third course is optional).

• How did I decide on this one?

Tclanger mentioned on previous threads how well her DS's speech had progressed with the sound learning centre therapy. I don't live in the UK and it would have been really expensive for me to go there for therapy. So I investigated alternatives near me. I asked the Tomatis people to put me in contact with another family to see if the investment was justified, this family has a son with mild autism and they were over the moon with the results so I decided to go ahead.

-How much does it cost?
It is expensive (isn't everything!). It is costing us $1000 euros (this course, I have to pay again for the next one).

From what I have seen and heard, children will respond differently. Some will benefit more than others. In our case, DS's speech has really improved (and he is sleeping better). I cannot be certain if his speech was going to improve this much anyway, but my feeling is that the therapy is helping.

Hope that helps.

very helpful to know. thank you.