All of us lie along the sensory spectrum in terms of our reactions, to sensory stimuli, but for some adults and children, being “over” responsive or “under” responsive predominates how they react to things, to the point where it interferes with their activities of life.  So today I wanted to jump in and talk about children who are “over-responders” to sensory stimuli.  These are the children you hear about who are “sensory defensive” and many times are “avoiders” as they show behaviors that are attempts to calm their nervous systems.  Continue reading →

Yay!  I finally have gotten a chance to sit down with the notes I took at a sensory modulation course I recently attended.  It was a lot of fun to have my thinking cap on for awhile, and I have some interesting things I want to share with you all.

A sensory diet just refers to the optimum sensory input a person needs to perform at his or her peak.  So, as you can imagine, this is of vast importance to educators at school and home alike (or it should be!)

A person who is good at modulating sensory input can take what is going on, filter out what is not important and focus on the things that are relevant.

Sometimes this can be a challenge for children (and adults alike). If your child’s behavior is reflecting something in the environment and they are spending all their energy on figuring out and reacting to  the environment, then there may not be a lot of attention left over for schoolwork! Continue reading →