What is Sensory Integration Therapy?

Sensory Integration Therapy treats Sensory Processing Disorder or Sensory Integration Dysfunction is a condition that causes a person’s body to misinterpret sensory information they receive from the environment. They may feel bombarded by information, they may seek out intense sensory experiences, or they may have other symptoms.

Symptoms can include:

• Respond to being touched with aggression or withdrawal
• Fear movement and heights, or get sick from exposure to movement or heights
• Be very picky eaters and/or overly sensitive to food smells
• Unawareness of touch or pain, or touching others too often or too hard (which may seem like aggressive behavior)
• Taking part in unsafe activities, such as climbing too high
• Enjoying sounds that are too loud, such as a very loud television or radio
• Very poor fine motor skills, such as handwriting
• Very poor gross motor skills, such as kicking, catching, or throwing a ball
• Difficulty imitating movements, such as when playing "Simon Says"

For more information visit the Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation.

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