Sensory Integration

General Signs of Sensory Integrative Dysfunction for:

Infants:
   - Colic and/or reflux 
   - Very irregular sleep patterns 
   - Irritable
   - Always wants to be held
   - Seldom peaceful
   - Excessively oral

Preschool/School Aged Children: 
   - Clumsy, uncoordinated 
   - Easily frustrated 
   - Bumps or pushes others 
   - Aversion to touch/clothes 
   - Speech/Language delays 
   - Poor fine motor skills 
   - Uncomfortable in new settings 
   - Mood changes
   - Picky eater/feeding aversion 
   - Toe walking 
   - Difficulty with transitions

Children and Adults:
(Adults with decreased sensation resulting from neurological disorders) 
   - Over or under sensitive to touch, movement, sights, or sounds
   - Easily distracted
   - Activity level that is unusually high or unusually low
   - Impulsive, lacking in self control
   - Inability to unwind or calm self
   - Poor self-concept
   - Social and/or emotional problems
   - Difficulty making transitions from one situation to another
   - Delays in academic achievement

Sensory Integrated Activities:
   - Improve sensory processing for touch, taste, vision, balance
   - Increase auditory processing skills - the ability to organize auditory input for effective           understanding and expression
   - Improve attention and self-organization
   - Help develop well-integrated body awareness

How We Accomplish Results:

Integrated treatment plans - We consider the patient's total sensory needs and address them in a specially designed step-by-step process that considers each patient's specific abilities and needs.

Treatment modalities - We use methods that drive changes in the brain, helping patients increase the accuracy and rate at which sensory information is processed. This improves             attention, sequencing and motor planning.