Hi all of you amazing people out there! I am hoping I can join your ranks as I am learning to survive with a 6 year old son who has SPD. He was just diagnosed this last month but the signs have been there ever since he was born. He shot out of me like a rocket and I always joke that that is his just his personality. At around 6-8 months I came in to his room to find his strong little body standing up, clinging to the side of his crib, trying to escape with the biggest grin ever on his face. When he was four, he head butted me and broke my nose. Yep, I had surgery and after that, was headbutted around 6 times during the recovery process. I started to realize that this lovable ball of energy did not seem to have an awareness of his surroundings or strengths or boundaries. Jump to this year, 1st grade, and we are dealing with inability to sit still, hitting pushing shoving other children, chewing up his shirts and pencils, and a self image that is backsliding. :-( We have been in therapy (now searching for an OT) for 4 weeks and the therapist has helped us understand what his little body is going through. So now I have 4 books on my nightstand and I am trying to catch up before our son gets expelled from school. ;-). Help!!! Lol! I am just curious about the solutions that you guys have found to work with your sensory seekers. I know he needs a whole "diet" of stimulus but until I can get him into OT, I am desperately searching for ways that he can be pacified in his classroom at school. Thanks in advance for any advice and good luck to you all in your journey. :-)