How Do You Cope With Sensory Integration Disorder?
• If you have a child with Sensory Integration Disorder, realize that they will likely not be able to list everything that’s different between his- or herself and others. How would you list every sensation that you find pleasurable off the top of your head? • Find out what your child likes. This will take trial and error, time, and a lot of frustration, but there’s nothing else to be done for it. Maybe you already know what the child can’t stand. • Once you know, avoid that stimulus if at all possible. Some children can’t tolerate lumps in their food. If this is the case, puree their soups and make sure mashes potatoes are completely mashed, to begin with. Some children can’t tolerate certain fabrics. If they don’t know how to express this intolerance, which is likely no matter what the age of the child, this may result in violent temper tantrums if they are dressed in the fabric or made to sleep with a blanket of the fabric. • Always, always, always remember that the person with Senso
