Sensory Basics
What is the process by which the brain takes in, organizes, and interprets sensory information from the environment?
What is sensory integration?
This system processes touch and texture.
What is the tactile system?
Playing with Sand is an example of this sensory system
Tactile
Avoiding certain textures or smells.
What is sensory defensiveness?
This therapy uses play to address sensory issues.
What is play-based occupational therapy?
What is the sense of body awareness and position in space.
What is proprioception?
This system processes what we see.
What is the visual system?
Looking through a kaleidoscope is using what sensory system?
What is the visual system?
Being overly sensitive to light or noise.
What is sensory hypersensitivity?
This technique involves brushing the skin for regulation.
What is the Wilbarger brushing protocol?
What is a neurological disorder where the brain has difficulty processing and integrating sensory information.
What is sensory processing disorder?
This system processes what we hear.
What is the auditory system?
Listening to music is using what sensory system?
What is the auditory system?
Having trouble with self-soothing or mood regulation.
What is dysregulation?
This strategy uses visual aids for organization and focus.
What is a visual schedule?
What is the sense of internal bodily states, such as hunger, thirst, and pain?
What is hte sense of internal bodily states, such as hunger, thirst, and pain? What is interoception?
The system we use to smell
What is olfactory system?
What is gustatory system?
Difficulty with coordination or motor skills.
What is motor planning challenges?
This method teaches self-regulation skills with the colors blue, green, yellow, and red.
What is the Zones of Regulation program?
What is the concept that all brains are uniquely wired and that neurological differences are a natural part of human diversity?
What is neurodiversity?
This system processes movement and balance.
What is the vestibular system?
Swinging is an example of this sensory system
What is the vestibular system?
Trouble focusing or following instructions.
What is attentional difficulties?
This approach focuses on strengthening sensory integration pathways.
What is sensory integration therapy?