Sensory defensiveness

Parent Directed Sensory Based Intervention Occupational Therapy is one of the leading treatment choices by families that have children whom are afflicted with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). One of the most formative treatments used by occupational therapist to combat ASD is sensory integration. This treatment is used when a child with ASD exhibits hypo or hypersensitivity to sensory input from their surroundings. Along with sensory integration, occupational therapists are trying a new family…

childhoods are a critical time and serve as the foundation for the rest of our lives. Recent technologies such as mobile phones, computers, and IPads are taking away from this important time and creating many disorders and other problems such as sensory disorders and social isolation in many children. One of the first problems generally associated…

In addition to an Expressive/ Receptive Language Disorder, Amanda is also presenting with a Sensory Integration Disorder (SID), now commonly referred to Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD). Her symptoms include hyperarousal to visual and auditory stimuli. A Diagnosis of SID entails problems associated with the interpretation of any form of sensory input. A Difficulty processing normal sensory stimuli can affect the normal development of children and with certain degrees of severity relate to…

If and when diagnosis is correctly done, a person suffering from Sensory Processing Disorder can start treatment for their conditions. Contrary to popular belief, the treatments in place to help patients with SPD is greatly flawed. According the Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation (2015), treatment for SPD in children is often treated through occupational therapy, which tends to focus on identifying and eliminating any perceived barriers that prevent patients from being active participants…

They display a higher rate of learning disabilities and lower scores on tests of reading, writing, math, and spelling (http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle). . They are more likely to present with oral defensiveness and feeding problems, tactile defensiveness, and general sensory integration problems, which may be due to the fact that they spend the first few weeks or months of their life in an environment that is, more stressful and overstimulating because of the special lights, monitors…

Our intervention approaches for James will include establishment and prevention. We will focus on establishing client factors and performance skills. Client factors will include sensory functions and movement functions (AOTA, 2014). Performance skills will include motor and process skills (AOTA, 2014). Also, we will prevent any further contractures along with preventing environmental distractions. James may have a hard time attending to task due to overstimulation of the visual or auditory…

have negative thoughts. After studying many couples he saw two major categories of thought: thoughts of innocent victimhood or righteous indignation. Now we will look at the two categories more intently. Usually someone displaying signs of defensiveness or stonewalling think of himself or herself as the victim. Gottman argues that there is a benefit to this thought or people wouldn’t think it. The most glaring problem with the innocent victim mindset is that it allows mental freedom of…

Twenty seconds left on the clock and the score is 2-3. Melissa is racing down the field with the ball when she hears her coach tell her to cross it to Nicky. Her dad chimes in as well telling her to instead, take the shot herself. Thoughts racing through her head, a bead of sweat drops from her chin to the slippery green grass. The only chance of Melissa’s team winning the championship is if they score a goal and go into overtime. With the clock now down to ten seconds, a burst of adrenaline…

before the behavior) has been verified, as the announcement of afternoon reading instruction. D.B is often able to makes progress alone, and is less distractible when less then five students are present. The behavior is often task avoidance and defensiveness. The consequences are always negative to the student; she expresses she feels picked on and embraced. When this occurs she often becomes self-justifying and shut’s down. This author/ writer found that it is best to write about the behavior…

Those who open attack on several innocent people are often questioned on their motive for the occasion. For instance, everyone remembers the Sandy Hook shootings, but the motive was not completely clear. This event in Newtown, Connecticut in 2012, was a such a gruesome thing to learn about. Adam Lanza, the killer, shot his own mother and then continued his shooting spree to at Sandy Hook Elementary School. News reports have noted that Adam Lanza was fascinated or “obsessed” with mass murderers…