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Rachel Vizcarra SENSORY INTEGRATION Occupational Therapist Northern Lights School Division No.69 WHAT IS SENSORY INTEGRATION? How our senses work together to give us information about our environment. Organize this information Receive

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SENSORY INTEGRATION

Rachel Vizcarra Occupational Therapist Northern Lights School Division No.69

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WHAT IS SENSORY INTEGRATION?

How our senses work together to give us information about our environment.

Receive information through our senses Organize this information Use it to interact with the environment

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OUR SENSES

External Sense

Receive information from external world

Tactile (Touch) Olfactory (Smell) & gustatory (Taste) Visual (See) & auditory (Hear)

Our body fine tunes these senses as we learn in a positive way through our environment

Internal Sense

Help us to develop our body awareness

Vestibular sense Proprioceptive sense

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COMPONENTS SUPPORTING ACADEMIC LEARNING

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PRIMARY FOCUS IN SCHOOLS: SELF-REGULATION

▪ The ability to attain, maintain, and change level of alertness appropriately for a task or situation. ▪ Help students develop these skills by providing a structured environment and the tools to self-regulate

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LEVEL OF ALERTNESS

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SENSORY STRATEGIES (SENSORIMOTOR) TO SELF-REGULATE

Self-regulate

Touch Vision Listen Move Oral Input

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DEVELOPMENT OF SELF- REGULATION

1st order Self- regulation 2nd order self- regulation 3rd order self- regulation

(Oetter et al., 1993)

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DEVELOPMENT OF SELF- REGULATION

1st order Self- regulation

This level regulates:
Automatic functions of the body (i.e.

breathing, body temperature, sleep- wake cycles)

Muscle tone
Monitoring for survival
Development begins at infancy
Involves the autonomic nervous system,

reticular system, and limbic system

(Oetter et al., 1993)

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DEVELOPMENT OF SELF- REGULATION

2nd order Self- regulation

Infants begin to develop 2nd order self-

regulation strategies by using their 7 senses unconsciously

As children develop, they unconsciously

become more sophisticated in their ability to choose, use and refine sensorimotor strategies for self-regulation

(Oetter et al., 1993)

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DEVELOPMENT OF SELF- REGULATION

3rd order Self- regulation

3rd order self-regulation strategies

require higher-level cognitive skills to:

Problem-solve
Self-Monitor
Recognize need to change or maintain

level of alertness

Working memory
Organization

(Oetter et al., 1993)

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SENSORY STRATEGIES (SENSORIMOTOR) TO SELF-REGULATE

Self-regulate

Touch Vision Listen Move Oral Input

Consciously choose strategies to alert or calm self (self- regulate)

Think about morning

routine

Think about bed time

routine

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SENSORY STRATEGIES (SENSORIMOTOR) TO SELF-REGULATE

Self-regulate

Touch Vision Listen Move Oral Input

Fidget Tools

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HOW DO FIDGET TOOLS HELP?

▪ Provides the opportunity to stimulate vestibular sense (movement) ▪ Provides the opportunity to stimulate tactile sense (touch)

▪ Different textures can be alerting, calming or organizing

Sensory input (i.e. through movement and touch) stimulates the nervous system to stay alert, which helps students to focus and pay attention in school.