Sensory Integration and the Child: Understanding Hidden Sensory ChallengesWhen "Sensory integration and the child" was first published in the 1970s, it was designed to help professional as well as the doctors, therapists, teachers and parents. In order to make the information more accessible to families, this new edition has preserved the core content and practical solutions, while moving technical sections to the appendixes. |
Contents
CHAPTER | 3 |
CHAPTER | 4 |
CHAPTER | 8 |
APPENDIX | 12 |
CHAPTER | 13 |
CHAPTER 3 | 19 |
Understanding How the Brain Works | 27 |
The Importance of Sensation | 38 |
CHAPTER 9 | 127 |
CHAPTER 10 | 139 |
CHAPTER 11 | 153 |
Chapter Commentaries | 169 |
4 | 173 |
8 | 179 |
APPENDIX | 183 |
APPENDIX C | 191 |
What Is Sensory Integrative Dysfunction? Symptoms Causes and Levels | 47 |
CHAPTER 5 | 61 |
CHAPTER 6 | 87 |
CHAPTER 7 | 105 |
The Perception of Sight and Sound | 115 |
GLOSSARY | 199 |
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Common terms and phrases
ability adaptive responses adults auditory Ayres Ayres's body movement body percept brain stem cerebellum cerebral cortex cerebral hemispheres chapter child with autism child with dyspraxia child with sensory children with autism children with sensory climb complex coordination develop developmental dyspraxia difficulty emotional environment feel fingers gravitational insecurity gravity and movement gravity receptors hands head help the child helps the brain important impulses infant inner drive interact involved learning limbic system messages modulate motor planning move muscles and joints needs nervous system neural neurological neurons occupational therapy organize parents physical play poor sensory integration postural reactions reticular sense sensorimotor sensory information sensory input sensory integration approach sensory integrative disorders sensory integrative dysfunction sensory integrative problems sensory processing sensory systems space spinal cord swing synapses tactile defensiveness tell therapist things touch sensations toys trouble understand vestibular and proprioceptive vestibular input vestibular nuclei vestibular system visual perception walking