Sensory integration

Sensory Integration is the name of a method which aims to help children to fill the deficit of sensory experience. The very experience that the environment of modern society does not give them. Children do not correctly interpret tactile, visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory and motor information, which leads to problems in behaviour, learning, speech, communication, muscle tone and coordination.

Sensory Integration Therapy is recommended for all children with delayed psycho-emotional development, children with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), especially those with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder), who often have sensory processing disorders. Patients with cerebral palsy, Down’s syndrome, and children with visual and hearing impairments need regular SI sessions.

Absolutely all children need sensory experience, an adequate ability to process and integrate different types of sensory information, and the formation of adaptive responses.

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What kind of people do sensory integration disorder occur in?

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Children with learning difficulties
Autism (pervasive developmental disorders)
Cerebral palsy
Developmental delays (fine motor, gross motor, visual motor disorders, coordination disorders)
Hearing, language disorders
Developmental delay due to premature birth.
Genetic disorders, chromosomal abnormalities

What are the symptoms of sensory integration in occupational therapy?

Slow reaction time
Decreased concentration
Inability to speak in the correct tone and speed Constant fatigue
Inability to concentrate in noisy environments, covering ears
Concentrating on the wrong sound and not reaching the target
Memory problems
Lack of response to sound, trouble recognising the direction of sound
Choosing food, recognising the smell of food
Lack of skills such as brushing teeth, trimming hair and nails.
Fear of falling
Walking on fingertips
Clumsiness
Constant need for movement

Symptoms of sensory integration disorder:

Difficulties in learning new skills – domestic, motor, speech, learning skills;
excessive motor activity or on the contrary hypoactivity;
low muscle tone;
difficulties in adapting to new rooms, people;
speech disorders;
clumsiness, awkwardness, increased caution (the child would rather stand with mum than climb on a slide, swings, does not like bicycles, shuns mobile children), or vice versa – lack of a sense of danger (climbs to heights without thinking, constantly jumps, spins, takes risks);
hypersensitivity to sounds and light;
avoidance of touch, new clothes, food;
tiptoeing, motor awkwardness, problems in imitating movements;
psychosomatic disorders;
persistent sleep disorders;
refusal of social contacts (the child does not play with peers, avoids interaction).

What does therapy consist of?

Sensory integration classes are work through the body.

The method helps to improve praxis, from its simple manifestations – to pull his hand away from hot water, to more complex – to dress independently, learn to write, answer a question, plan a route.

Diagnostics specialists determine how the basic sensory systems work, check praxis – learning new skills and how to perform existing skills, talk to parents about how it affects the development and behaviour of the child. Help is formed to balance the sensory system and then help to develop the necessary skills.

Results are seen in different children at different times, some need only 5-6 appointments and others need a year or more.