Sensory Integration Chapter 11

Question 1

Who pioneered sensory integration theory and intervention?

Answer 1

Dr. A. Jean Ayres pioneered sensory integration theory and intervention

Question 2

Sensory Integration in Child Development involves?

Answer 2

Emphasis in vestibular, tactile, and proprioceptive senses and their importance to development and occupations

Question 3

Ayres developed initial concepts for:

Answer 3

Ayres developed initial concepts for:

• Sensory integration
• Adaptive response
• Praxis

Question 4

What is Adaptive response?

Answer 4

• An adaptive response results in a more organized state, and the capacity for further sensory integration is enhanced
• Implies that the child is an active participant
• Uses the child’s inner drive

Question 5

Neurobiologically Based Concepts are?

Answer 5

-Sensory support for development and brain function
   Sensory Nourishment
   Sensory diet
-Adaptive response
-Neural plasticity (sows at age 8)
-Central nervous system organization

Question 6

When Problems in 
Sensory Integration Occur:
What does it involve?
What do children tend to do?
Long term patterns look like?

Answer 6

• Behavioral, social, academic, or motor coordination may be a result of sensory processing
• Children tend to avoid or reject simple sensory or motor challenges
• Long-term patterns lead to missing important activities of development

Question 7

Sensory Integrative Problems involve?
What is modulaton?
What is sensory modulation a continuum of?

Answer 7

• Sensory modulation (homeostatic regulation, flight or flight) problems
• Modulation refers to central nervous system regulation of its own activity
• Sensory modulation is a continuum from hyporesponsivity to hyperresponsivity.

Question 8

Sensory Integrative Problems

Answer 8

• Sensory registration problems
• Sensation-seeking behavior
• Over-responsiveness
• Sensory discrimination and perception problems
• Vestibular-proprioceptive problems
• Praxis problems
• Secondary problems related to sensory integrative difficulties

Question 9

Sensory Integrative Problems:

Sensory registration problems

Answer 9

• Sensory registration problems
• Person fails to attend to or register relevant sensory stimuli
• Can be a safety concern, particularly if child does not register pain

Question 10

Sensory Integrative Problems:

Sensation-seeking Behavior

Answer 10

• Sensation-seeking behavior
• Child may appear active motorically but is hyporesponsive to vestibular input
• Child may seek excessive proprioceptive input
• Child may be disruptive or inappropriate in social -situations

Question 11

Over-responsiveness involves what 3 things?

Answer 11

• Tactile defensiveness
• Gravitational insecurity
• Over responsiveness in other sensory modalities

Question 12

What is tactile defensiveness?

Answer 12

Tendency to overreact to ordinary touch sensations

Question 13

What does tactile defensiveness affect?

Answer 13

• Affect self-care activities
• Social situations may be difficult
• Usually light-touch stimuli are aversive

Question 14

What is gravitational insecurity?

Answer 14

Gravitational insecurity: Over-responsiveness to vestibular sensations

Question 15

What does gravitational insecurity affect?

Answer 15

• Are fearful of movement or uneven surfaces

- Playground activities can be difficult

Question 16

Sensory discrimination and perception problems involve?

Answer 16

• Tactile discrimination and perception problems
• Proprioception problems
• Visual perception problems
• Other perceptual problems

Question 17

Sensory discrimination and perception problems

Proprioception problems

Answer 17

-Proprioception problems
Does not receive reliable information about body position
May be clumsy, awkward
May seek firm pressure and joint compression

Question 18

Sensory discrimination and perception problems

-Tactile discrimination and perception problems

Answer 18

-Tactile discrimination and perception problems
Difficulty interpreting tactile stimuli
May cause problems in developing manipulative skills
May relate to visual perceptual problems

Question 19

What is involved in Vestibular-proprioceptive problems?

Answer 19

Vestibular-proprioceptive problems:
Postural and bilateral integration
Vestibular-bilateral integration 
Bilateral integration and sequencing 
Projected action sequences

Question 20

What are praxis problems?

Answer 20

Praxis problems:
Developmental dyspraxia
Somatodyspraxia
Ideation dyspraxia

Question 21

What are Secondary problems related to sensory integrative difficulties?

Answer 21

Secondary problems related to sensory integrative difficulties:
Problems are misinterpreted as behavioral or psychological issues
Problems can limit a child’s participation
Problems can undermine self-esteem and self-confidence

Question 22

Assessment of Sensory Integrative Functions

Answer 22

-Interviews and questionnaires
Sensory Profile
Sensory Processing Measure
-Observations of the child
Informal 
Clinical
-Standardized testing
-Consideration of available services
-Interpretation of assessment findings
-Standardized testing
Sensory Integration and Praxis Tests
Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency
School Function Assessment
-Consideration of available services
-Interpretation of assessment findings

Question 23

Individual Ayres Sensory Integration® (ASI) intervention:

Answer 23

• Applied on an individual basis
• Implies a relationship between the therapists and the child
• Uses child’s inner drive to actively explore the environment
• Involves a balance between structure and freedom
• Values child’s active participation

Question 24

Sensory Processing Disorder

Answer 24

chart
characteristics
sift-when a child participates in this she is demonstrating posture praxis?