Modulation
Filtering relevant sensory information
Interpreting and giving meaning to sensory information; motor skills and praxis
Discrimination
Which assessment tool is used for information about response to and seeking of input; and behavioral responses?
Sensory Profile-2 (SP-2)
Calming experiences, such as deep pressure, firm touch, rhythmic and slow vestibular. What is the sensory experience?
What provided the research basis for SI Theory?
Factor analysis and cluster analysis
What does modulation impact?
Arousal, observable behaviors, participation in everyday occupations
What does discrimination impact?
Perception and motor planning
Which assessment tool is used for measuring sensory-motor abilities, such as motor planning and postural control?
SOSI-M and COPr
Eating something hard (oral motor) or weight bearing activities/antigravity positions (resistance). These are examples of what sensory experience?
Organizing inputs
What is the SI treatment equation?
SI intervention = sensory experience + highest level of adaptive response
Sally is baking cookies and is preparing the ingredients, she must get on a step stool to reach high for the materials, however, she feels anxious or avoids stepping on it. What dysfunction might Sally be experiencing?
Gravitational insecurity
Motor planning difficulties
Somatodyspraxia
Which assessment tool can be measured across the lifespan?
Sensory Processing Measure (SPM-2)
Bob is experiencing hypo-responsive challenges, how could he receive excitatory inputs?
Light touch, soft textures, rotary/fast/dysrhythmic vestibular input
An environment built to create feelings of safety, comfort, relaxation, and social interaction.
Multisensory environment
Sally is baking cookies and asks her sister to form the cookie dough balls because she is sensitive to the touch of it. What dysfunction might Sally be experiencing?
Tactile defensiveness
Ben is learning how to ride a bike. He has been learning for about 2 weeks now, but every time he attempts to pedal, he fails. What dysfunction might Ben be experiencing?
Bilateral Integration and Sequencing (BIS/VBIS)
Assessment tool used for form and space perception, somatic and vestibular processing, praxis, and BIS
Sensory Integration and Praxis Test (SIPT)
Rock climbing or playing with play-doh. These are examples of what type of sensory experience?
Discrimination inputs
5 assumptions of SI Theory
1. Sensory nourishment
2. Developmental process
3. Adaptive environmental interaction
4. Existence of inner drive and intrinsic motivation
5. Neuroplasticity
Lily is going on a 5-hour ride trip with her family. Typically, she does not look at her phone and prefers the front seat because she always gets car sick. What dysfunction is Lily experiencing?
Aversion to movement
Megan is assisting her sister in baking cookies, but when asked to help pour the ingredients and shape the dough of the cookie, she has difficulties. What dysfunction might Megan be experiencing?
Somatodyspraxia (Megan was having difficulties with proprioceptive and tactile processing)
Assessment tool to measure patterns of hyper/hypo-responsiveness; sensory interests, repetitions, seeking behaviors; and enhanced perception
Sensory Experiences Questionnaire
For hyper/over-responsive challenges, which inputs should we implement?
Organizing inputs and inhibitory inputs
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