sensory integration jean ayres

Question 1

Sensory Integration Principles:

Answer 1

Just right challenge, active engagement, child directed

Question 2

Sensory integration interventions

Answer 2

• Provide opportunities for the child to have sensory experiences that are tactile, vestibular, proprioceptive in nature
• The environment should entice the child to play
• The environment should have challenges that are “just right challenges”
• The therapist observes the child’s abilities during play and can discern when to increase or decrease their sensory-motor experiences in order to encourage new learning

Question 3

Sensory Modulation Disorders

Answer 3

Over-responsive
Tactile defensive
Gravitational insecurity- excessive fear of ordinary movement, being out of an upright position, or having one’s feet off the ground.

-Under-responsive
Sensation-seeking/sensory craving (under-responsive children who seek more stimulation)
Sensory registration

Question 4

Sensory discrimination disorders

Answer 4

Visual perception
Auditory
Tactile discrimination and perception
Taste/smell
Proprioception (position and movement)
Interoception

Question 5

Sensory based motor disorders

Answer 5

dyspraxia

Postural disorder