Out Of Sync Child Analysis

After reading the Out of Sync Child, I could best relate to the children described in this book categorized under tactile underresponsivity in both my childhood and in my present self. Someone with this dysfunctional sensory system tends to show atypical responses to passive and active touch. Examples of a sensory disregarder with underresponsivity includes someone not noticing touch unless it is very intense, being unaware of their messy appearance, not noticing changes in temperature, with little response to pain, who lacks inner drive to explore, and requires intense tactile stimulation to become engaged, etc.

Growing up I often just though I had developed a high pain tolerance, however after reading this book I discovered that there may be more to it. My parents owned a three story house and being the excited and still uncoordinated child I was, would often trip and fall down the stairs. But instead of sitting there and crying to my family, I simply got right back up and walked it off. Other instances with underresponsivity occurred with changes in weather temperature. My family always thought I was crazy for wearing flip flops in the middle of winter time and friends would often point out that I never wore jackets even when it was freezing cold outside. I always felt …show more content…
Scoring a positive under low registration means that I tend to take longer to respond to stimuli which amazingly corresponds with a similar description for tactile underresponsivity. Intervention strategies from the assessment included enhancing task features & contextual cues, increasing contrast or intensity of stimuli, decreasing predictability of routine, slowing down the rate of stimuli presentation, etc. These techniques can all work on the overall balance of my sensory systems which in turn supports my tactile