For children with sensory issues, new clothes may feel itchy, stiff and uncomfortable.
Not exact matches
For now, let's keep it general because there are so many people who can give an account much like mine of how wrapping helped bring them up from postpartum mood disorders, or struggles
with relationships, special needs
children, high needs and
sensory issues, or securing attachment again after developmental leaps or time apart.
Her blog, written
for parents, focuses on therapy driven suggestions
for children with mobility and
sensory integration
issues.
The Sleep Zzz Pillow was originally invented
for one of our own
children with sensory issues and we needed something to help her fall asleep and stay asleep.
Raising a
Sensory Smart
Child: The Definitive Handbook
for Helping Your
Child with Sensory Integration
Issues by Lindsey Biel and Nancy Peske
This well - known establishment needs no introduction, but did you know that the Boston
Children's Museum hosts special days
for kids
with sensory issues?
She also treats
children with anxiety,
sensory issues, and challenging behavior, and has worked
with children with autism spectrum disorder
for over 15 years.
For the record, though, I have six
children from young adults all the way down to a preschooler, two of whom are strong - willed, three
with sensory issues, two
with ADD, and one
with a significant learning disability.
Sensory issues present a different challenge:
For instance, a
child who can't stand getting her face wet, wearing anything that feels scratchy or tight, or putting anything in her mouth is also going to have trouble
with ADLs.
Raising a
Sensory Smart
Child: The Definitive Handbook
for Helping Your
Child with Sensory Processing
Issues, Revised...
But
Sensory Processing Disorder is not the only piece of the puzzle and Elizabeth Tallaksen, an occupational therapist who has been working
with children in the New Jersey schools
for over 20 years, cautions against simply using SPD as a scapegoat
for bad behavior, or worse, missing other underlying
issues like autism, ADHD or a learning disorder.
OTs work
with many
children who may be experiencing
sensory integration
issues, and since these
issues can hinder daily life, they must be addressed in order
for a
child to be able to learn new skills or simply be ready to learn and participate.
This is an especially great show
for families
with children with sensory issues.
If you have a
child dealing
with a toddler speech delay related to oral
sensory issues, this would be a great toy
for exercising their mouths.
This past April, County Executive Molinaro hosted the latest in a series of movie days
for special - need families and service providers, which included lowering the sound and raising the lights in the theater to accommodate
children with sensory issues.
If you are learning behavioral strategies, or understanding something like
sensory processing
issues for the first time, it will take a bit to get used to your new frame of reference and how you interact
with your
child.
She is coauthor of Raising a
Sensory Smart
Child: The Definitive Handbook
for Helping Your
Child with Sensory Processing
Issues and author of
Sensory Processing Challenges: Effective Clinical Work
with Kids & Teens.
Join us
for a live, in - depth webinar led by JoAnn Kennedy, OTD / MS, OTR / L, on
sensory processing in
children with attachment and trauma
issues.