Evaluation
AOTA’s Choosing Wisely states, without documented assessment results of difficulties processing or integrating sensory information, an OT should not ______?
Provide SBI to individual children or youth
A child who may seek intense input or large quantities of input but is hyporesponsive to a stimulus would be deemed this.
Sensory Seeking/Craving
This is described by Ayres as the "organization of sensation for use"
Sensory Integration
According to Dunn, this continuum from high to low demonstrates how someone notices sensory stimuli
Neurological threshold continuum
True or false: Rotational movement is usually tolerated best and is introduced first.
This assessment correlates with Dunn’s model and identifies how sensory processing may be contributing to or interfering with a child's participation at home, school, and the community.
Sensory Profile
Dyspraxia and postural disorder are both subtypes of this Sensory Processing Disorder
Sensory-Based Motor Disorder (SBMD)
Ayres hypothesized that the first __ years of life are critical for SI development
7
According to Dunn, this continuum from passive to active demonstrates how someone responds to sensory stimuli
Self-Regulation Continuum
Natural lighting and distraction-free work space are visual interventions for this type of sensory responder.
Overresponder
This assessment provides a complete picture of children's sensory processing difficulties and compares scores between school and home
Sensory Processing Measure
Sensory Discrimination Disorder (SDD) involves the misinterpretation of sensory information. What term refers to one of the senses that is lesser known and involves the understanding of what is going on inside of one’s body?
Interoception
According to Ayres, when a person cannot actively select sensations that are most useful and organize them to complete goal-directed actions, their _______ response is impaired.
Adaptive
A sensory bystander would fall in this quadrant identified by a _____ threshold, and a _____ self-regulation response
High, Passive
For documentation, it is important to justify how sensory-based interventions relate back to
Function
During eval a parent states their child has difficulty participating in sports, limited participation in activities that require remaining seated for long period of time and trouble pedaling a bicycle & tying shoes.
Vestibular-Bilateral Function Problems (Postural Disorder)
A child who appears clumsy or awkward and has difficulty grading force may have challenges discriminating this sense.
Proprioception
Ayres believes these three proximal sensory systems are emphasized and are thought to dominate a child’s early life experiences
Vestibular, Tactile, & Proprioceptive
An OT creates a sensory environment with increased consistency, predictability, & familiarity and decreased intensity, amount, & speed. This is most likely for which type of sensory processor in Dunn’s model?
Sensory Avoider
When a child is underactive, sensory input may have to be of _____ intensity or duration for the child to be able to produce an adequate response
Increased/Greater