Class One
What are the two "internal senses?"
What is vestibular and proprioceptive.
The cause of SPD
What is there is NO known cause of SPD
The largest sensory organ
What is skin
The unifying system that forms the basic relationship of a person to gravity and the physical world
What is the vestibular system
The ability of the brain to conceive an idea, plan the action, integrate sensory input, and execute the action
What is motor planning
When does sensory processing develop?
What is before birth and takes place automatically in normal development. A child matures and is well integrated by 8 to 10.
Percentage of sensory info that is visual
A child who is constantly in a state of red alert and reacts negatively to light touch
What is Tactile Hypersensitivity
_____ % of vision goes into the vestibular system
What is 20%
Allows us to unconsciously anticipate next steps, strength or speed required to complete a motor action
What is feedforward
Where is sensory information processed?
What is the central nervous system.
Both eyes working together
What is Eye Teaming
A child who may get hurt and not realize it but is always touching someone or something
What is Tactile HYPOsensitivity
Name three functions of the vestibular system
What are: perception of speed and direction of movement, balance, co-ordinate eye movement with head movement, bilateral coordination, emotional security, visual spatial processing
Examples of what praxic disorder looks like in early childhood
What is difficulty with self care, difficulty with play activities, inconsistency in performance, poor repertoire of pretend play, imitates but doesn't initiate
What are two problems SPD can be caused by?
The five building blocks of taste
What is sweet, sour, salty, bitter, umami
The location in which propriceptors are located
What is the muscles, tendons and joints
Strategies to help the vestibular system
What are movement experiences, encouraging active child-propelled movements, encourage bilateral activities, encourage activities in which the child lies on his/her stomach and lifts their head up
Strategies with Motor Planning Dysfunction
What is helping the child physically move through the action, minimising visual distractions, rehearse what the child has learned on a regular basis, tasks presented must offer a challenge and success
The sensory integration specialty was originally developed by.
What is A. Jean Ayres
Strategies for assisting a child with under-sensitivity low registration auditory input
Strategies to help develop proprioceptive/kinesthetic awareness
What is "active" transition activities, pulling and pushing weighted objects, body awareness games, weighted backpacks during obstacle courses, wall push-ups, weighted blankets & vests
Another name for motion sickness
What is kinetosis
The conceptualization of an intention to act
What is ideation