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What is the difference between sensory integration dysfunction and sensory processing disorder?

April 26, 2017difference disorder dysfunction Integration sensory

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What is the difference between sensory integration dysfunction and sensory processing disorder?

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Based on the new terminology proposed in the November/December 2007 issue of AJOT, the term sensory processing rather than sensory integration is proposed for diagnostic descriptions. Why? Because other disciplines use the term sensory integration to describe sensory integration on a cellular level, which is very different from the meaning that occupational therapy attaches to this term. Also, Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) is the proposed overarching diagnostic category with three categories of SPD being Sensory Modulation Disorder (SMD), Sensory-Based Motor Disorder (SBMD) and Sensory Discrimination Disorder (SDD). Each of these categories has subtypes. For the purpose of this website, the term sensory processing disorder is used to refer to the diagnostic description of a student who has problems with sensory processing.