What is Sensory Processing Disorder/Sensory Integration Dysfunction?
Some children don’t behave as we expect them to – not because they won’t, but because they can’t. Inefficient processing of sensory messages that come from their body and environment often cause this unexpected behaviour. These children may withdraw from physical contact, refuse to participate in typical classroom and playground activities, or respond in an unusual way to ordinary sensations such as touch, movement, sights and sounds. Sensory Processing Disorder is the most recent term used for a condition that was first recognised in the 1960s by Dr A. Jean Ayres, an American occupational therapist and neuroscientist. It was originally called sensory integration dysfunction or sensory integration disorder. Sensory Processing Disorder/Sensory Integration Dysfunction interferes with the way children process the sensations coming from their body and the world around them. It interferes with learning, playing, and communicating with others. Most of us are born with the ability to constant
