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Homesensory missers

sensory missers

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Sensory Processing in Teens

May 7, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Sensory Processing in Teens

Everybody in the world has one (or more) sensory processing styles; we all process input from the world around us. One theory of thinking of these processing styles uses 4 quadrants to describe them: sensory […]

Spanish/Español

Procesamiento Sensorial (Español)

April 12, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Procesamiento Sensorial (Español)

This is a Spanish language translation of this post, which is in English. Post traducido del original en Ingles.  “Sensorial” es una de esas palabras de moda estos días en los grupos de padres, en […]

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Sensory Mismatch Conclusion

December 20, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Sensory Mismatch Conclusion

The last thing that I wanted you to know this week, as I wrap up my talks about sensory mismatch (the other four posts are here: one, two, three, four), is that kids will typically […]

Babies

Vestibular Input

October 23, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Vestibular Input

Most people — not all, but most — find rhythmic vestibular sensory input to be soothing. Rhythmic: regular, repeated, predictable. Vestibular: having to do with your inner ear, your sense of balance and movement. It […]

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Case Study: Sensory Mismatch in Play

September 13, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Case Study: Sensory Mismatch in Play

I’ve written before about “sensory mismatch”. It’s one of the hardest things for people with vastly different sensory profiles to be able to get along with each other in stressful circumstances. Let me tell you […]

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Is it sensory, or is it behavior?

June 12, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Is it sensory, or is it behavior?

I had the opportunity to speak to a group at one of the schools where I work on the topic of discerning whether kids’ “behavior” could be motivated by sensory processing, or whether it’s just […]

At School

Sensory Processing “Case Studies”

April 10, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Sensory Processing “Case Studies”

After my post about the very basics of the 4-quadrant sensory processing model, a lot of people asked me more questions about “sensory missers” (in specific) and just the “passive” side of the axis in […]

Autism

Sensory Processing, Explained (AA23)

April 8, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Sensory Processing, Explained (AA23)

“Sensory” is one of those buzzwords these days in parenting groups, on Pinterest, and in relation to different diagnoses. I’ve seen people use it to mean pretty much everything. When I talk about sensory processing, […]

Autism

Sensory Profiles

January 12, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Sensory Profiles

“Sensory” is one of those buzzwords these days in parenting groups, on Pinterest, and in relation to different diagnoses. I’ve seen people use it to mean pretty much everything. When I talk about sensory processing, […]

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