Referral Information

If your child has challenges in the following areas WE CAN HELP...

** Fine motor coordination and hand function     

** Visual skills and perception  

** self help and daily living 

** Feeding including eating, chewing, swallowing, picky eaters  

​** Sensory Processing or Sensory Integration

Sensory Processing Disorder:   a neurophysiologic condition in which sensory input either from the environment or from one’s body is poorly detected, modulated, or interpreted and/or to which atypical responses are observed. Pioneering occupational therapist, psychologist, and neuroscientist A. Jean Ayres, Ph.D., likened SPD to a neurological “traffic jam” that prevents certain parts of the brain from receiving the information needed to interpret sensory information correctly.   

Types:        1. Sensory Modulation  

                   2. Sensory Discrimination   

                   3. Sensory Based Motor Challenges. 

    10 Common Signs of Sensory Processing Disorder

1.  Extra Sensitive to touch-doesn't like to be touched or can't be touched enough  

2.  Sensitivity to Sounds-May cover ears when same noise doesn't bother others  

3.  Picky Eaters-will only eat two or three familiar foods  

4.  Avoidance of sensory stimulation-won't put hands in anything messy such as glue, clay, mud; will only wear certain clothing or texture.  

5.  Uneasy with Movement-fear amusement park rides, playground equipment or being upside down  

6.  Hyperactivity-can't be still during day or get to sleep at night  

7.  Fear of Crowds-crowded areas bother them to point of frequent public meltdowns  

8.  Poor Fine and Gross Motor Skills-trouble with handwriting, kicking a ball  

9.  Excess Risk Taking-unaware of touch or pain which can come across as aggressive  

10. Trouble with Balance-accident prone or fall more often than others and prefer sedentary activities.