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All day,
every day, we receive information from our senses
(touch, hearing, sight, taste, smell, body position,
movement and balance)
Our
brains must organize this information so that we can
successfully function in all aspects of daily life, at
home, at school, at play, at work and during social
interactions.
Sensory Integration (SI)
– is a term to describe a process that occurs in the
brain. When our bodies and environment send
information to our brain through our senses this
information is processed and organized.
Sensory Integrative Dysfunction
(SID) – refers
to those who have inadequate sensory integration. A
child with sensory integrative dysfunction cannot
respond to sensory information and use it to behave in
a meaningful manner.
What
Therapy Can Do To Help Your Child
In
therapy, your child will be guided through activities
that challenge his or her ability to respond
appropriately to sensory input by making successful
organized response. These activities will be used to
develop the underlying abilities that enable a child
to learn such skills efficiently. It is the active
involvement and exploration that enables the child to
become a more mature, efficient organizer of sensory
information.
For the
child, therapy is play and may look like play to the
adult observer, but it is also important work, for
with the guidance of a trained professional, the child
is able to achieve success that probably would not
occur in unguided play.
Learning More About Sensory Integration
More
information can be obtained by contacting the
following:
The
Occupational/Physical Therapy Department of your local
children’s hospital.
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