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Underst anding S ensory Processing as Part of UDL

Ne New O Orleans ns Oct 29, 29, 2015 2015

Presen sented b by:

Ceci cilia C Cruse se, MS, S, O OTR/L

• The organization of sensation for use
• Visual, tactile, auditory,
• lfactory& gustatory
• The hidden senses:

Vestibular, proprioceptive

• Adaptive response.

Visual System:

• Acuity
• Visual perception

Auditory System:

• Acuity
• Auditory perception

Most commonly used systems for teaching yet only 40% students are visual learners and only 12% are auditory learners.

Tactile System:

• Light touch, pressure, vibration, temperature

and pain

• Types of touch:

 protective  Discriminative

• Body awareness and motor planning

Vestibular System:

• Movement, gravity and changing head position
• Impacts:
• vision, posture, balance, movement and helps

regulate behavior

• Receptors in semicircular canal in ears

Proprioceptive System:

• Information from the muscles and joints
• Awareness of body position
• Receptors located in muscles, tendons, joints

and deep in the skin

• Helps create a body scheme
• Certain types of proprioceptive input help

regulate alert state

• The inability to modulate, discriminate, coordinate or
• rganize sensations adaptively.
• Life becomes a rush hour traffic jam!
• 5-15% of school age children(UCSF

July 2013)

• DSM V (May 2013) includes some

characteristics of children with SPD but only as it relates to revised definition

• f autism

http:/ / edorigami.wikispaces.com/ 21st+Century+Pedagogy I would add Sensory Processing as well when planning 21st Icentury classroom design.

As an OT , I would add S ensory Processing as well!

All Types of Sensory Input is Needed to Support Attention, Learning and Behavior

Use sensory strategies to enhance learning and to meet student’s sensory needs.

• Attention Span
• Staying on

Task

• Preventing

Meltdowns

Movement Input Fidgets Quiet Regrouping

Time/Space

Oral Motor Tools Heavy Work Input Transition

Strategies

Alt. Positioning

• Vestibular System

 Cycling (Movement) helps

with Brain Function.

 “ Cycling anchors learning

when more of the senses are involved to increase the executive function of the frontal lobe.” The frontal lobe is like the CEO of the

• brain. “

 - Lowell Lease, KidsFit

 S

hown: KidsFit Pedal Desk

 www.youthfit.com

Prefrontal Cortex =Executive Function or CEO

 Emotional Responses  Attention/ Maintaining Focus  Behavior & Judgement  Planning & Organization  Initiate or Delay Response  Consequence Evaluation  Learning from Mistakes

Dysfunction in these areas can lead to disruption in the organization and control of behavior Cerebellum also helps process vestibular input to help with posture, balance coordination, speech and vision

 Exercise Is ADHD

Medication

 Physical movement

improves ment al focus, memory, and cognit ive flexibilit y; new research shows j ust how crit ical it is t o academic performance.

 ht t p:/ / www.t heatlant ic

.com/ healt h/ archive/ 20 14/ 09/ exercise-seems- t o-be-beneficial-t o- children/ 380844/

NeoMove

• Proprioceptive Input
• S

patial Boundaries Defined

• Womb S

pace

• Cave S

pace

• Allows for regrouping
• When used as part of a good

sensory diet in the classroom it can help prevent meltdowns

• Proprioceptive

Input

• Joint

Compression

• Deep Touch

Pressure

• Self Regulation

Occupational Therapist & Neurobiologist Kim Barthel http:/ / kimbarthel.ca/

Weighted Lap

Pads

Weighted

Vests

Weighted Dress

Up Clothing

Proprioceptive

Input

Helps Define

Spatial Boundaries

PeaPod SqUoosh Chair

Dream Chair Fluff Chair Soft Seating Ethos Chair

Multisensory

Environment

MSE, MSR, Sensory Rooms Snoezelen

 Controlled environment to promote calming,

controlled sensory input (visual, auditory,

• lfactory, vestibular, proprioceptive)

 Demand growing 15% in last 5 years  Roughly 2,000 MSE’s now in USA. Used in

Europe for much longer.

 Increase in use with ASD but also EBD issues,

and even geriatrics with Alzheimer's/Dementia etc.

 Also opportunities for cognitive skills/cause/effect  Becoming part of inclusion for multisensory

approach to learning

The McNamara Tunnel: Detroit Airport

Boeing 787: Dreamliner

Hotel/ Office Lobbies

Photo: Midwest Tropical

• Biehl, Lindsey & Peske, Nancy. Raising A Sensory Smart Child. New York: Penguin Books 2009.
• Cruse, Cecilia. “Sensory Solutions in the Classroom”: SEEN Magazine, Winter 2014 p. 45-46
• Henry, Diana, MS, OTR/L. SI Toolkit: www.ateachabout.com
• Isbell, Christie & Isbell, Rebecca. Sensory Integration: A Guide for Pre-School Teachers. Beltsville, MD:

Gryphon House 2007.

• Jensen, Eric. Environments for Learning. San Diego: The Brain Store, 2003.
• MSE: American Assoc of MSE: http://www.aamse.us/
• http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2014/12/05/sensory-rooms-popularity/19895
• Schiller, Pam. Start Smart! Building Brain Power in the Early Years. Beltsville, MD: Gryphon House, 2012
• Schneider, Catherine Chemin, OTR: Sensory Secrets. Siloam Springs, AR:Concerned Communications,

2001

• Products: www.schoolspecialty.com

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