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A path from childhood sensory processing disorder to anxiety disorders: The mediating role of emotion dysregulation and adult sensory processing disorder symptoms. https://www.frontiersin.org ...
The light touch of a shirt may chafe the skin. Others with sensory processing disorder may: Be uncoordinated. Bump into things. Be unable to tell where their limbs are in space. Be hard to engage ...
difficulty focusing, staying organized, and completing tasks. muscle tension, fatigue, or clumsiness. avoidance of social situations due to sensory overload. These symptoms exist on a spectrum and ...
Sensory integration difficulties or sensory processing disorder (SPD) are characterized by persistent challenges with neurological processing of sensory stimuli that interfere with a person's ability to participate in everyday life. Such challenges can appear in one or several sensory systems of the somatosensory system, vestibular system ...
The concept of SPD has been around for a long time -- it was first described in the 1960s by occupational therapist A. Jean Ayres, PhD -- but the diagnosis gained traction in the late 1990s with ...
The diagnosis of a learning disability involves testing across multiple areas of function. Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, a learning disability can’t be diagnosed based ...
Sensory Therapy. 3 min read. An occupational therapist, or "OT," helps kids with ADHD improve certain skills, such as: Organization. Physical coordination. Ability to do everyday tasks -- such as ...
The information processing theory simplified is comparing the human brain to a computer or basic processor. It is theorized that the brain works in a set sequence, as does a computer. The sequence goes as follows, "receives input, processes the information, and delivers an output". This theory suggests that we as humans will process information ...