The article analyzes the use of occupational therapy with elements sensory integration to improve functional capacity and quality life for children who have problems coordination movements, hypersensitivity or hyposensitivity certain stimuli.
 Principles various techniques that can be used during are described. It was noted using an effective method rehabilitation improvement autism, Down ...

We compared the effects of escape extinction (EE) plus noncontingent reinforcement (NCR) with sensory integration therapy as treatment for the feeding problems of 2 children. Results indicated that EE plus NCR was more effective in increasing acceptance, decreasing inappropriate behavior, and increasing amount consumed relative to sensory integration for both children. The results are discussed...

Sensory integration more and more is becoming the panacea for many occupational therapists who treat a variety of disabilities and dysfunctions. The popularity of this treatment method is growing rapidly and was emphasized by Hightower-Vandamm in 1980. She noted that, in the early '70s, 90 percent of her students wanted to work in physical dysfunction and that presently 90 percent wish to work ...

Animals facing conflicting sensory cues make a behavioral choice between competing alternatives through integration of the sensory cues. Here, we performed a genetic screen to identify genes important for the sensory integration of two conflicting cues, the attractive odorant diacetyl and the aversive stimulus Cu(2+), and found that the membrane-bound guanylyl cyclase GCY-28 and the receptor ty...

In sensory data fusion and integration consideration, sensor independence i s a common assumption. In this paper, we demonstrated the impact of including dependent information in sensory data combination process. The team consensus approach based on information entropy can improve the measurement accuracy remarkably. The major benefits of the approach are (a) the simple linear combination of th...

This article was acceptedfor publication March 1, 1990. The Sensory Integration and Praxis Tests (SIPT) (Ayres, 1989) comprise 17 subtests revised from the Southern California Sensory Integration Tests (SCSIT) (Ayres, 1972) and supplemented with newly designed tests of practic ability. The credentialing process for clinical use of the SIPT is currently administered under the auspices of Sensory...

This paper provides an overview of the literature on sensory integration in young children. First it explains the importance of "sensory integration" in child development and normal functioning. It goes on to note signs of a sensory integration dysfunction (such as hyper-or hypo-sensitivity to touch, poor coordination, and poor behavioral control) . Normal sensory development in infants is brie...