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The out-of-sync child: recognizing and coping with sensory processing disorder
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A Skylight Press Book/A Perigee Book
Publication Date
2005.
Language
English
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Table of Contents
From the Book - Revised and updated edition.
pt. I. Recognizing sensory processing disorder
1. Does your child have sensory processing disorder?
Four out-of-sync children at home and school
Sensory processing disorder : a brief definition
Common symptoms of SPD
What SPD is not : "look-alike" symptoms
Associated problems
Possible causes of SPD
Who has sensory processing disorder?
Don't we all experience sensory processing problems?
Sample sensory-motor history questionnaire
Hope is at hand
2. Understanding sensory processing, and what can go amiss
The senses
What is sensory processing?
The typical development of sensory processing in infants and children
So, what is sensory processing disorder?
Six important caveats
Comparison of typical sensory processing and sensory processing disorder
3. How to tell if your child has a problem with the tactile sense
Three kindergartners at circle time
The smoothly functioning tactile sense
The out-of-sync tactile sense
How the tactile sense affects everyday skills
Characteristics of tactile dysfunction
4. How to tell if your child has a problem with the vestibular sense
Two first-graders at the amusement park
The smoothly functioning vestibular sense
The out-of-sync vestibular sense
How the vestibular sense affects everyday skills
Characteristics of vestibular dysfunction
5. How to tell if your child has a problem with the proprioceptive sense
One nine-year-old at the swimming pool
The smoothly functioning proprioceptive sense
The out-of-sync proprioceptive sense
How the proprioceptive sense affects everyday skills
Characteristics of proprioceptive dysfunction
6. How to tell if your child has a problem with the visual sense
Two seventh-graders at school
The smoothly functioning visual sense
The out-of-sync visual sense
Characteristics of visual dysfunction
7. How to tell if your child has a problem with the auditory sense
A third-grader in music class
The smoothly functioning auditory sense
The out-of-sync auditory sense
Characteristics of auditory dysfunction.
pt. II. Coping with sensory processing disorder
8. Diagnosis and treatment
A parent's search for answers
Recognizing when your child needs professional help
Documenting your child's behavior
Diagnosing the problem
Different therapies, different approaches
Bringing therapist and child together
Keeping a record
9. Your child at home
A parent's revelation
A balanced sensory diet
Promoting healthy sensory processing at home
10. Your child at school
What a difference communication makes!
If only school were more like home
Deciding whom to tell
A good school-and-child match
Promoting your child's success at school
11. Coping with your child's emotions
A typically dreadful morning
Other experts' advice
Dos and don'ts for coping
12. Looking at your child in a new light
A parent's epiphany
Becoming enlightened
A parent's encouraging words
Appendix A. The sensory processing machine
Appendix B. Dr. Ayres's four levels of sensory integration
Glossary.
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9780399531651
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