The out-of-sync child recognizing and coping with sensory processing disorder /
Provides an overview of Sensory Integration Dysfunction, discussing how it affects children's behavior; and features criteria and guidance for getting a diagnosis and treatment, as well as advice on how parents can deal with the problem at home.
| Main Author: | Kranowitz, Carol Stock. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
A Skylight Press Book/A Perigee Book,
2005.
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| Physical Description: |
xxviii, 352 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Edition: | Rev. and updated ed. |
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| Online Access: |
Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
Table of Contents:
- pt. I. Recognizing sensory processing disorder
- 1. Does your child have sensory processing disorder?
- Four out-of-sync children at home and school
- Sensory processing disorder : a brief definition
- Common symptoms of SPD
- What SPD is not : "look-alike" symptoms
- Associated problems
- Possible causes of SPD
- Who has sensory processing disorder?
- Don't we all experience sensory processing problems?
- Sample sensory-motor history questionnaire
- Hope is at hand
- 2. Understanding sensory processing, and what can go amiss
- The senses
- What is sensory processing?
- The typical development of sensory processing in infants and children
- So, what is sensory processing disorder?
- Six important caveats
- Comparison of typical sensory processing and sensory processing disorder
- 3. How to tell if your child has a problem with the tactile sense
- Three kindergartners at circle time
- The smoothly functioning tactile sense
- The out-of-sync tactile sense
- How the tactile sense affects everyday skills
- Characteristics of tactile dysfunction
- 4. How to tell if your child has a problem with the vestibular sense
- Two first-graders at the amusement park
- The smoothly functioning vestibular sense
- The out-of-sync vestibular sense
- How the vestibular sense affects everyday skills
- Characteristics of vestibular dysfunction
- 5. How to tell if your child has a problem with the proprioceptive sense
- One nine-year-old at the swimming pool
- The smoothly functioning proprioceptive sense
- The out-of-sync proprioceptive sense
- How the proprioceptive sense affects everyday skills
- Characteristics of proprioceptive dysfunction
- 6. How to tell if your child has a problem with the visual sense
- Two seventh-graders at school
- The smoothly functioning visual sense
- The out-of-sync visual sense
- Characteristics of visual dysfunction
- 7. How to tell if your child has a problem with the auditory sense
- A third-grader in music class
- The smoothly functioning auditory sense
- The out-of-sync auditory sense
- Characteristics of auditory dysfunction.
- pt. II. Coping with sensory processing disorder
- 8. Diagnosis and treatment
- A parent's search for answers
- Recognizing when your child needs professional help
- Documenting your child's behavior
- Diagnosing the problem
- Different therapies, different approaches
- Bringing therapist and child together
- Keeping a record
- 9. Your child at home
- A parent's revelation
- A balanced sensory diet
- Promoting healthy sensory processing at home
- 10. Your child at school
- What a difference communication makes!
- If only school were more like home
- Deciding whom to tell
- A good school-and-child match
- Promoting your child's success at school
- 11. Coping with your child's emotions
- A typically dreadful morning
- Other experts' advice
- Dos and don'ts for coping
- 12. Looking at your child in a new light
- A parent's epiphany
- Becoming enlightened
- A parent's encouraging words
- Appendix A. The sensory processing machine
- Appendix B. Dr. Ayres's four levels of sensory integration
- Glossary.