My child is always very active and does not pay attention in his class. Can it be due to Sensory Integrative Dysfunction?
The ability to attend to a task depends on the ability to screen out, or inhibit, nonessential sensory information, background noises, or visual information. The child with Sensory Integrative Dysfunction may frequently respond to or register sensory information without this screening ability and is considered distractible, hyperactive, or uninhibited. These children are always ” on the alert” and constantly asking about or orienting to sensory input that others ignore (refrigerator motor, heater fan, distant airplane, etc.).
