Reddit reviews Understanding Your Child's Sensory Signals: A Practical Daily Use Handbook for Parents and Teachers

Welcome to the highly confusing & frustrating world of spd parenting. I have 2 boys, 6.5 & 2.5 both spd in different ways.

First yes look for OT services. I found that a lot of our behavioral issues got way better/disappeared when the spd stuff was being well controlled. Think of it like this, how friendly/compliant/happy are you when you're hungover & at a high stress job. It's like that. They feel bad & overwhelmed & cant escape it, so they act out. You have the dual job of normal parenting while also supporting them & helping them to figure out how to cope & behave in a socially acceptable way.

Second reading: the 'out of sync child' is a great books. It explains a lot & generally gives a good look into what's happening with the different senses. Warning, the first 1/4 or so is all doom & gloom. All 'of this goes untreated here's the horrible life they will have'. Skim it.

Also this book is a more practical on the ground reference for specific behaviors. It's good at categorizing things into 'you should work on this' or 'you should let it just go'

Finding a good OT will help a lot. We're about 2 years from our initial diagnosis & start of therapy & he's almost a different kid. Actually no, he's finally the kid I knew was in there all along. It's been a hard road, but well worth it.

We paired weekly therapy with home exercises & strategies. Things like daily brushing & lots of sensory play. Lots of heavy work games, etc...

Pm me if you want.