Infant/Toddler Sensory Case Study Essay

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According to Ms. Santana, she described the Infant/Toddler Sensory Profile containing five categories: auditory, visual, tactile, vestibular, and oral processing. For auditory processing, Joshua occasionally enjoys making sounds with his mouth and almost never finds ways to make noise with toys. In visual processing, Joshua rarely enjoys looking at moving or spinning objects and occasionally enjoys looking at shiny objects. In addition, Joshua rarely enjoys looking at his own reflection in the mirror and rarely prefers fast-pace, brightly colored television shows. For tactile processing, Joshua frequently becomes agitated when Ms. Santana washed his hair and frequently avoided getting his face and nose wiped. He constantly used his hands

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