Information taken into the body through the sense of touch. Can be through deep pressure receptors or light pressure receptors.[2] … [Read more...] about Tactile
Speech Therapy
Speech therapists work to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders in children and adults.[11] … [Read more...] about Speech Therapy
Spatial Awareness
This refers to being able to locate and understand where one’s body is in space, including in reference to other objects. Key words utilized in describing spatial relations include: above, below, to … [Read more...] about Spatial Awareness
Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)
A condition in which the brain has trouble receiving and responding to information that comes in through the senses. It used to be called “Sensory Integration Dysfunction.”[4] … [Read more...] about Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)
Sensory Overload
When one or more of the body’s senses experiences over-stimulation from the environment. There are many environmental elements that impact an individual. Examples are urbanization, crowding, noise, … [Read more...] about Sensory Overload
Sensory Integration
The brain’s ability to absorb information from our senses, organize it, and respond appropriately. In essence, it is the organization of the senses that provide each of us with an understanding of … [Read more...] about Sensory Integration
Reflex Integration
The use of neurodevelopmental movement and other tools to develop and mature the body’s reflexes for optimal functioning.[3] See below for specific reflex patterns of normal development. … [Read more...] about Reflex Integration
Regulation
The ability to control one’s activity level and state of alertness, as well as one’s emotional, mental or physical responses to senses; self-organization. [13] … [Read more...] about Regulation
Registration (Of Sensory Input)
The ability to know where you’ve been touched or that you’ve been touched.[4] … [Read more...] about Registration (Of Sensory Input)