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Sensory Solutions for Children at School and
Home
Marvin Williams, Director of Ed.Michaela Parker, MOTR/LIntermountain School
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What is Sensory Integration?
•Sensory integration is the organization of sensation for use. Our senses give us information about the physical conditions of our body and the environment around us.▫Jean Ayres
•The brain must organize all of these sensations to function successfully in our daily activities.
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Neurodevelopment
•How the brain receives and interprets information
•Five main senses▫Taste, touch, smell, vision, hearing
•Two other senses important▫Vestibular (Movement Sense)▫Proprioception (Muscle Sense)
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Intermountain and SI
•Emotionally Challenged ▫Reactive Attachment Disorder▫Autistic Disorder▫Sensory Processing Disorder
•Goal is to promote children’s ability to know their sensory needs and how to address them on their own.
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Stress and Anxiety Effects on Sensory Processing
•A child’s ability to successfully process sensory information is greatly interrupted by stress and anxiety.▫Symptoms of Anxiety: Sweating, Loss of
Appetite, Headaches, Tremors, Butterflies in Stomach, etc.
•Stress prevents the creation of learning and memory.
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Occupational Therapy and SI
•OT will evaluate a child’s sensory processing skills to determine if intervention is necessary.▫Ex: Sensory Profile
•OT can provide specific interventions to address a child’s sensory processing needs.▫Ex: How Does Your Engine Run
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Sensory Diets
•School▫Goal is for child to use sensory diet to
identify their individual sensory needs to enhance their success as a student.
•Home▫Goal is for child to use sensory diet as part
of their daily routine to have more positive and safe experiences every day.
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Learning Through Movement
•Heavy Work
•Physical Activity
•Movement breaks
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Gum and Fidgets
•Gum ▫Gum can be GOOD!
Oral motor movement Deep pressure to jaw
•Fidgets▫Squishy ball, pencil toppers
Anything with texture▫Rules for fidgets
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Calming Strategies and Centers•Devoted time and space for students to
calm their nervous systems
▫Light dimmers, turn down light▫Slow swinging▫Tightly wrapped in a blanket▫Headphones/Soothing music
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Calming Strategies, Cont.
•Deep Pressure
▫Dots and Squeezes (joint compressions)▫Quiet corner with large pillow/bean bag to
lie on▫Weighted Items▫Sit in an adult’s lap
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From Classroom to Home
•Routines▫Starting day▫Ending day
•Transitions▫Visual timers▫Sounds cues▫Musical interludes▫Countdown from 5 (or 20!)
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BAL – A – VIS – X (BAVX)
B-rhythmic balance Auditory Vision; eXercise
Originated by Bill Hubert
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What is Bal-A-Vis-X?
•A series of Balance / Auditory / Vision exercises that are rooted in rhythm
•Exercises that require full-body coordination
•Necessitates “focused” attention
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Who Benefits from BAVX?
•Children and adults who are: ▫Learning Disabled: cognitive integration improves.
▫Behaviorally disordered: “settles”.
▫Diagnosed with ADD / ADHD: attention becomes
more focused. ▫Gifted: coordination improves and stress headaches
diminish.
▫Non disabled: academic achievement improves.
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BAVX: founder Bill Hubert
•Teacher for 30+ years – English and reading.
•Tutor for math, ADHD, writing and reading.•Upward Bound summer teacher.•Martial arts instructor.•Runs a BAVX lab for 7th graders at Hadley
Middle School in Wichita, Kansas.
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So – what did Bill see?
• Inability to control eyes, focus attention, sit or stand without moving
• Illegible handwriting•Stiff/locked posture while sitting, standing,
walking or running•Rhythm less gait while walking or running•Difficulty in distinguishing left from right•Often unclear handedness•General clumsiness•Mental and/or physical apathy
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BAVX – Exercises
•Exercises are not just for the athlete or daring. They are for everyone!
•First graders are capable of more than half of them.
•Nine-year-olds can master all but the most intricate.
•The non-athletic and physically challenged find BAVX well within their ability range.
•At least 75% of all exercises can be done while seated.
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Quotes
•Movement is the door to learning – Paul Dennison
• The more you move your hands, the more the brain grows – Carla Hannaford
• The ear choreographs the body’s dance of balance, rhythm, and movement - Don Campbell
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Resources
•Out of Sync Child•Sensory Integration and the Child•How Does your Engine Run?•Sensory Profile•S’cool Moves•DSM-IV-TR•BAVX – Bill Hubert developer ▫phone: 316-722-8012▫email: [email protected]