Classifications of SPD
A Sensory Modulation Disorder: Examples of this are being sensitive to loud noises, bright lights, and touching certain textures.
What is sensory over-responsivity?
This allows us to take in, sort out, and connect information from our bodies and the world around us.
What is sensory processing?
We have 7 of these through which we process information from the environment.
What are senses?
A client is participating in the Ned's Head Game and has difficulty with finding the lab rat.
What is stereognosis?
Our dominant sense; 80% of sensory information is this.
What is vision/visual?
A Sensory Based Motor Disorder: Examples of this are having difficulty with balance, using both hands together, and decreased muscle tone.
What is postural disorder?
A purposeful, goal directed response to a sensory experience.
What is an adaptive response?
Uses physical activities and strategies to help each person meet their sensory needs and better process sensory input in everyday environments.
Occupational Therapy
A client for feeding therapy prefers tangy and spicy foods.
What is sensory modulation under-responsiveness?
Helps us understand important sensations such as pressure, texture, hot/cold and pain.
What is the tactile system?
A Sensory Modulation Disorder: Examples of this are being explosive, having a high activity level, and invading personal space.
What is sensory seeking/craving?
The process that controls purposeful motor actions.
What is praxis?
A deep pressure technique for clients with tactile sensitivities.
What is the Wilbarger Brushing Protocol?
A child is intensively swinging and wants to swing higher, what should the therapist do?
Increase the proprioception.
When we move, our brain senses the effort, force, and heaviness of our actions and positions and responds accordingly.
What is proprioception?
A Sensory Based Disorder: Examples are being clumsy, having difficulty learning new motor tasks, and breaking things unintentionally.
What is dyspraxia?
The ability to order, plan, and sequence a series of intentional motor actions.
What is motor planning?
She was known within the field of OT for her work in sensory integration.
Who is A. Jean Ayres?
Confuses the letters "d" and "b" frequently.
What is Visual Sensory Discrimination?
Contributes to balance and the sense of spatial orientation.
What is the vestibular system?
Examples of this disorder are having difficulty identifying objects without looking, getting lost easily, and judging how much force is required for a task.
What is a sensory discrimination disorder?
A cognitive process that represents the first step of praxis. This involves purposeful, goal directed action on the environment and its objects.
What is ideation?
These two senses, smell and taste, work closely together.
What are the olfactory and gustatory senses?
A client runs into the waiting area after the therapist does not allow them to pick another game; in result, they start throwing items, cursing, and hitting the therapist. Is this sensory or behavioral?
Behavioral
The ability to interpret what is heard and crucial to developing communication.
What is auditory processing?