Last week I found a copy of a therapy review that a young person wrote a few years ago. “My sensory me is about me – and only me. It’s not about anybody else. It helps me be me. I don’t worry about what other people think I should be. I am starting to like me…
Category: paediatrics
Why how a child moves, stands and sits is essential to eating and more
Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Speech and Langauge Therapists practicing Ayres SI are frequently asked about eating difficulties; this is a common feature of sensory integration difficulties for many young babies and children. Sensory and motor based eating issues require a whole child approach, starting with how a child moves and sits. Adequate and stable postural…
When trauma occurs, the brain changes
Bessel A. van der Kolk M.D. is a clinical researcher who integrates developmental, neurobiological, psychodynamic and interpersonal aspects of the impact of trauma and it’s treatment. Learn a bit more from him about how perceptual changes happen because of trauma, and how this impacts on engaging with ordinary situations, focus as well as attention. Hear how this can impact…
Developing self-regulation is important
Many children may have difficulties with self-regulation, especially those who have had tricky starts; including from traumatic illness, accident, trauma or neglect. Increasingly OT’s are using Ayres’ Sensory Integration in combination with CBT( Cognitive Behavioural Therapy), adapted DBT (Dialectical Behavioural Therapy) and Attachment based approaches in CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental health Services) and other paediatric roles to assess…
Do you know about Temple Grandin and the squeeze machine?
Learn more about this remarkable lady and how she created her famous “squeeze machine’ to get deep pressure touch. Nowadays in therapy spaces and schools, the Steam Roller (or Mangle as it is often affectionately known) is a much used and loved piece of therapy equipment. You can read all about the Calming Effects of Deep…
The SPM may be helpful in informing intervention programs for children with ASD and ADHD.
The study Sensory Processing in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in the Home and Classroom Contexts was undertaken in Spain. It explored the use of the SPM asking if it could identify sensory processing deficits and patterns on both the home and school forms. A useful study for therapists working in schools, where…
Sensory Strategy Ideas
Following on from yesterday’s article about sensory strategies and sensory diets, this video provides us with some lovely ideas for outdoor heavy work ideas and other sensory strategies.
Universal Design: Community Parks and Playgrounds
CONGRATULATIONS to our OT Colleagues in Cork! This is their amazing newly launched website – launched today on Universal Children’s Day, 20 November 2017. The team in OSOT at UCC are passionate about play: play occupation, playspaces and enabling play for all children. They have funding for the next six months to study Universal Design…
Lindsay Biel on Supporting Sensory Needs
Lindsay Biel’s award winning book Raising a Sensory Smart Child is one of our favourites. Now you watch her speak.
Ayres’ Sensory Integration Evidence 