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Sensory Integration

Sensory Integration. Parent Workshop. The 5 senses. The commonly known senses – These keep us informed about what is happening outside our body. PROPRIOCEPTION. Sensations from joints and muscles The body’s A-Z (Map) We can always tell the position of our body, without even looking.

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Sensory Integration

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  1. Sensory Integration Parent Workshop

  2. The 5 senses • The commonly known senses – • These keep us informed about what is happening outside our body

  3. PROPRIOCEPTION • Sensations from joints and muscles • The body’s A-Z (Map) • We can always tell the position of our body, without even looking

  4. VESTIBULAR SENSE Found in the inner ear Sends information to our brain regarding: - balance - movement - muscle tone Coordinates eyes, head and body

  5. Sensory Integration • Sensory Integration • How the brain organises sensory information for use • Can explain the relationship between brain and behavior

  6. Why consider Sensory Processes?

  7. Sensory vs. Behavior • All sensory process have a behavior/emotional component BUT • Not all behavior has a sensory component • All behavior is communicating a need

  8. Effects of Sensory Integration Difficulties Motor Skills Attention

  9. An Analogy The link between brain and behavior • Brain: • Hungry – • Just Right – • Stuffed Full - • Behavior: • Seek more Sensory input • Play, Work, Learn • Avoid • Displaying Negative Behaviors to express overload

  10. Hungry Sensory Seeking Poor Registration Under Responsive Over Responsive Sensitivity to Stimuli Sensory Avoiding Stuffed Full

  11. The Hungry child • Needs a lot of sensory information • May over-respond to sensory information • Sensory seeking • Over-active • Flighty attention • Passive • “Day dreamy” • Miss important instructions

  12. The Stuffed Full child • Does not need a lot of sensory information • May over-respond to sensory information • Sensory Avoiding • Doesn’t like clutter • May like clear spaces • Doesn’t like crowds • Be very controlled/controlling • Doesn’t like noises • Be very picky

  13. Does SI affect Learning? Yes….because learning requires • The child’s behavior and alertness to be in an optimal state to maintain attention to tasks. • The child’s motor skills to be in an optimal state to perform and learn new tasks successfully.

  14. Does SI affect Behavior? YES… When sensory input is confusing or upsetting, the child may actively avoid the situation, become upset or have an emotional outburst . When the child does not register enough stimulation he may seek it out by constantly moving, chewing, humming, or flapping or he or she may seem tired, uninterested and passive. He may rummage cupboards seeming to be in search of food even when full.

  15. Sensory Modulation • How the child responds to sensory information • Alerting • Calming

  16. Poor Adaptive Responses • Flight • Fight • Fright

  17. Provide a Balanced Diet

  18. Morning Routine • Alerting • Vibrating Toothbrush • Crunchy Cereal • Trampoline • Simon Says Game • Shower • Cold, cold milk • Calming • Graduated Light • Gentle Music Alarm • Weighted blanket • Carrying clothes to utility room • Carry own school bag • Chewy cereals

  19. After School/Homework • Alerting • Playground • Crunchy Snack • Cold Drink • Sour Candies • Dancing • Music • Vibrating Cushion • Movement breaks • Calming • Playground • Chewing gum • Heated Room • Bath • Blowing bubbles • Fidgets • Cushions

  20. Bed Time • Alerting • Exercise/Games • Vibrating toothbrush • Cold Drink • Music • Scented candles • Calming • Weighted blankets • Tight clothing • Heated Room • Calming songs • Read story without pictures • Bath

  21. Some useful books • The Out of Sync Child Has Fun: Carol Stock Krankowitz • Parenting a Child with Sensory Processing Disorder: Christopher Auer and Susan Blumberg • Raising a Sensory Smart Child: Lindsey Beil, Nancy Peske • Building Bridges through Sensory Integration: Ellen Yack, Paula Aquilla, Shirley Sutton • Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight: What to do if you are defensive in an overstimulation world: Elaine Wilson and Helen Edwards

  22. Some Useful Websites • Sensory Integration Network • Sensory Integration International • Sensory Smart • Sensory Integrative Dysfunction in Young Children

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