Transcript Sensory Integration Powerpoint (PPTX)

Target Audience : Parents
Amy Zirbser
What is it?
 Trouble responding to and receiving information
through senses
 May affect multiple senses
 Hyper or hyposensitive to things in environment
Causes
 No exact cause
 Abnormal brain activity
 Genetic component
 Maternal deprivation
 Premature birth
 Prenatal malnutrition
Great
Book!
Who does it affect?
 5 to 16% of children exhibit symptoms of SPD
 Babies, toddlers, school-aged children and adults
Comorbidity
 Additional disorders co-existing with a primary
disorder
Co-Existing disorders
 ADHD
 Autism/Asperger’s Syndrome
 Language Disorder
 Learning Disability
 Fragile X Syndrome
 Anxiety
 OCD
Symtpoms
 Over-responsive or under-responsive to things
 Can not transition
 Frequent tantrums and meltdowns
 Exists on a spectrum
What does this mean?
 www.brainbalance
Poor
Balance
Fear of
Climbing
Fear of
sudden high
pitched
sound
hypersensitive
Fear of
Crowds
Background
noise
distracting
Fearful of
touch
What does this mean?
 www.brainbalance
Thrill
seeker
Doesn’t know
own strength
Hypo
sensitive
Enjoys
movement
based play
Clumsy,
uncoordinated
movement
Constantly
touching
things
Can’t
understand
personal space
Diagnostic Process
 Screening
a. parent checklist
b. developmental history
 Needs to affect normal functional and disrupt
everyday life
 If warranted evaluation follows
Diagnostic Tools
 Sensory Integration and Praxis Test(children ages 4-8)
 Sensory Profile, Sensory Processing Measure(Parents,
Teachers)
 Comprehensive OT evaluation
 www.spdfoundation.net
Benefits of early diagnosis
 Leads to early
 Prevent secondary
intervention
 Increase success of EI
 Better school
experiences
problems
 Correct labeling of
unusual behaviors
 Improve family life
Treatment
 Can be hard to get help
 Isn’t recognized as a medical diagnosis
 Depends on individual child’s need
 Usually done by Occupational therapists
Sensory Integration
 Goal- challenge a child in a fun, playful way
 Outcome-child responds appropriately, functions
normally
DIR Model
 Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship-
Based Model
 Developed by Stanley Greenspan, MD & Serena
Weider Ph.D
 “Floortime” method is major part
 www.webmd.com
“Floortime” method
 Multiple sessions of play
 Creating a “shared
 20 minutes each
world” with the parent
 Session are tailored to
individual child’s needs
 First parents follow
child’s lead
 Then parents create
challenges for child
Impact on me
 My daughter has this diagnosis
 This is her brief story
Demographics
 Four years old
 In Pre-Kindergarten
 Has two siblings
 One with ADHD/ODD diagnosis
 Highly Intelligent
Initial Symptoms
 Toe Walking
 Aversion to certain food textures
 Aversion to certain noises
 Avoided over-stimulating things
 Repetitive behaviors
 Trouble with transitioning
Treatments
 Had Early intervention therapy
 Private Occupational therapy
 Private feeding therapy
 Participates in many extracurricular activities
Present Day
 Struggles with eating certain things
 Need for sameness
 Doesn’t transition well
 Struggles with certain textures
 Struggles with certain environments
 Some days good, some bad
Lesson’s Learned
 Be your child’s advocate
 Listen to your heart, not other people
 Be patient
 Get your kids involved
References
 www.autismspeaks.org
 www.spdfoundation.net