Our plan: Start with one hospital and expand!
Centers that do not have occupational therapy services.
 Assist in reaching a state of calm alertness.
 Enhance the organization of sensation into information.
makes sense of sensory information.
sensory input in a graded and adaptive manner.
and adapting to environmental changes.
and from the surrounding environment.
Figure 11-8 Sensory Integration Theory and Practice, 2nd ed.
promoting staff knowledge of therapeutic alternatives.
for life challenges in the everyday world.
Experiential Workshop: Take the A/ASP!
May engage in various behaviors to limit the sensory input they face.
Gifted at creating low-stimulus environments.
Respond readily to sensory stimuli.
Distractible and upset by intense stimuli.
Notice stimuli as they occur.
High level of awareness of the environment.
Ability to be discriminative, and to attend to detail.
May be the last to "get" a joke.
Can focus easily in distracting environments.
Has ability to be comfortable in a wide range of environments.
Preliminary results: only 1 scored within the normal range.
Most significant area noted was Sensation Avoiding.
More than half scored "much more than most people".
individual results for each patient.
What are your 5 SENSES?
home you use to calm yourself.
activity (Foster and Gardner, 2011).
and why. Be ready to share your results.
aware of stimuli, but not distracted by them.
 Add texture to objects to help with detection.
miss stimuli, but does not respond to it strongly.
Defensiveness among 3 women with histories of self-injurious behaviors.
communication, sensory modulation, and hence, self-regulation.
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