This thread reminds me of something I hadn't thought of in years....when my now 23-year-old son was in 2nd grade he was diagnosed with a learning disability. One of the components in his IEP was working with an occupational therapist, and one of her reccommendations was that he get "vestibular stimulation"--spinning on a "sit and spin" or merry-go-round to be followed by some sort of cognitive activity that required concentration. I can't remember what the rationale was for this (and it was before I had any education in psychology). Anyone ever heard of anything like this? Possibly related to the idea that Levinson is working on w/drugs? Kris Lewis Saint Michael's College Colchester, VT > ---------- > From: Al Cone[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: Al Cone > Sent: Friday, January 29, 1999 7:20 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Dramatic favorable responses of children with learning > disabilities... (fwd) > > > First of two slightly more recent articles by Levinson on same topic in > same journal. > > Al > > Al L. Cone, Ph.D. > Professor & Chair > Department of Psychology 701.252.3467 X 2604 > Jamestown College > 6019 College Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Jamestown, ND 58405 > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: 29-JAN-1999 07:08:29 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Dramatic favorable responses of children with learning > disabilities... > > __________________________________________________________________________ > __ > Database: Expanded Academic ASAP > Sent from SearchBank. > Library: Online Dakota Information Network > __________________________________________________________________________ > __ > > Full content for this article includes illustration and table. > > > Source: Perceptual and Motor Skills, Dec 1991 v73 n3 p723(16). > > > Title: Dramatic favorable responses of children with learning > disabilities or dyslexia and attention deficit disorder to > antimotion sickness medications: four case reports. > Author: Harold N. Levinson > > > Author's Abstract: COPYRIGHT Perceptual and Motor Skills 1991 > > Responses of four learning disabled children who showed dramatic > improvements > to one or more antimotion-sickness-antihistamines and -stimulants are > described qualitatively. These cases were selected from a prior > quantitative > study in which three antihistamines (meclizine, cyclizine, dimenhydrinate) > and > three stimulants (pemoline, methylphenidate, dextroamphetamine) were > tested in > variable combinations (using a specific clinical method) for favorable > responses by 100 children characterized by diagnostic evidence of learning > disabilities and cerebellar-vestibular dysfunctioning. Pending validation > in > double-blind controlled studies, these qualitative results suggest that > the > "cerebellar-vestibular (CV) stabilizing" antimotion-sickness medications, > Piracetam included, and their combinations may be shown to be > therapeutically > useful in treating children with learning disabilities or dyslexia and > attention deficit disorder. > > > Subjects: Motion sickness - Case studies > Drug utilization - Case studies > Learning disabled children - Drug use > > > RN: A11825071 > > > -- End -- >
