This article supports and confirms what many therapists know about sensory integration difficulties and PTSD. Work with adults who have had trauma and go on to receive a misnomer diagnosis that research confirms is clearly linked to early trauma – Borderline Personality Disorder – also supports this study. Support to help children have and maintain…
Category: Ayres’ Sensory Integration
Sensory Sensitivity and Emotional Lability in Children with ADHD Symptoms
Abstract: Emotional lability and sensory sensitivity have been shown to contribute to the overall clinical picture in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Further, both of these characteristics have been individually demonstrated to contribute to poorer quality of life, increased functional impairment, and poorer treatment response. However, to date, no study has evaluated the…
Autism and Contemporary Neuroscience
“Abnormal sensory-based behaviors are a defining feature of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Dr. A. Jean Ayres was the first occupational therapist to conceptualize Sensory Integration (SI) theories and therapies to address these deficits. Her work was based on neurological knowledge of the 1970’s. Since then, advancements in neuroimaging techniques make it possible to better understand…
Neural Foundations of Ayres Sensory Integration 2®
“ASI intervention is based on the concept of neuroplasticity, that is, that the nervous system changes in response to experience. Thus, through guided participation in sensorimotor activities targeting a child’s individual needs, ASI intervention is hypothesized to improve function, skill, and behaviour as a basis for participation in everyday activities. More specifically, ASI proposes that…
Practice Update: World-Class Panel reviews the recent report by the NCAEP, which recognized #ASI as Evidence-Based Practice.
Click here for a copy of the report. You can now watch this webinar kindly shared across the globe by the Autism Centre of Excellence and ICEASI.
Research Update: Response to Novak published in AOTJ
We are delighted to announce this long awaited news, after Caroline got in touch about the Novak Article at the end of September. Caroline posted this to us in the wee hours of the morning: I know people have been tweeting about the systematic review by Novak and Honan (2019) regarding sensory interventions for children…
Neural Foundations of Ayres Sensory Integration®
“ASI intervention is based on the concept of neuroplasticity, that is, that the nervous system changes in response to experience. Thus, through guided participation in sensorimotor activities targeting a child’s individual needs, ASI intervention is hypothesized to improve function, skill, and behaviour as a basis for participation in everyday activities. More specifically, ASI proposes that…
CPD Update: Neurodevelopmental Soft Signs: Implications for Sensory Processing and Praxis Assessment—Part One
An interesting read, this AOTA CE Article links sensory integration and processing difficulties and higher functions linked to occupation and participation. A table in the article links types of neurodevelopmental soft signs (NSS) in Occupational Therapy evaluation and underlying brain areas implicated in the literature, commenting that “Integrating clinical observations of NSS with advanced brain-based…
Research Update: Sensory processing difficulties (SPD) and their relation to motor performance and to child’s perceived competence among children with developmental coordination disorders
In February 2018, this paper by Batya Engel Yeger and Dalit Segal was published. Abstract Objective: Movement is dependent on sensory input. Both Developmental Coordination Disorders (DCD) and sensory processing difficulties (SPD) may reduce child’s self-competence and daily function. However, the knowledge about SPD among children with DCD and their relation to their motor performance and…
Ayres’ Sensory Integration Evidence 