b-Calm as an Audio Intervention

I recently received an email from an autism strategist regarding the use of our b-Calm system in a class.  I thought that this is of special interest because it so well describes the student’s behavior before the b-Calm was introduced.

It’s these types of high noise situations where b-Calm is most useful:

I stopped by a classroom today and one of the students was having a rough time:  crying, biting himself, trying to leave group, hitting himself.  Stressed to the max.  He was also covering his ears with his fingers.  It was group music time.  This has been an activity that has not gone well in the past despite the fact that he loves music in other contexts.

I had my “personal” b-Calm system in my purse and I connected it to some larger headphones and put them on the student.  He smiled!  He wore them for the next hour and did not engage in any more self-injurious behavior for that entire time period.  He stayed with the group until music time was over.  He also did some 1:1 work with me.

We’re encouraged by these results and will be tracking the work with this and other students in the coming weeks as we observe b-Calm’s effectiveness over the long term.

If you’d like to try a b-Calm system in your school at no charge, contact us and we’d be happy to work with you!