The SIPT (Ayres 1989) is one test battery used to assess for sensory integration difficulties. It is a collection of 17 tests that are designed to test various aspects of sensory perception, discrimination, reactivity and contribution to our praxis and ability to participate in everyday life. It can, with mindful clinical reasoning, be used to…
Category: The Senses
All About Ayres’ Sensory Integration
When a person registers, processes and responds to sensory input we call this Sensory Integration (Ayres 1972). Sensory Integration happens when a person uses sensory input from inside their own body and from the world around them to understand the world, what just happened, is happening and what might happen next. When sensory integration and…
About Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Ayres Sensory Integration
This feature article was written by Claire Smith, one of the first UK OT’s to deliver Sensory Integration alongside Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). I am delighted to introduce Claire to you, as she was one of the first people I ever lectured about how to apply Sensory Integration’s in Mental Health. That was way back…
Dyslexia and Sensory Processing, is there a link?
Dyslexics show a difference in sensory processing In 2016 Neuroscientists discovered that a basic mechanism underlying sensory perception is deficient in individuals with dyslexia. The brain typically adapts rapidly to sensory input, such as the sound of a person’s voice or images of faces and objects, as a way to make processing more efficient. But…
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…
Therapy Resources: DIY Moon Sand for school, home and ASI clinic spaces.
Not only is making moon sand cheaper, it is an activity in itself…whether you make it before or in the clinic session, lots of fun can be had getting the ingredients together and mixing them up…then playing with what you have created… If you have great videos and ideas send them to us via our…
Ayres’ Sensory Integration Evidence 