What is play? - Carson Street School
What is play? - Carson Street School
What is play? - Carson Street School
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4. Sensory Integration D<strong>is</strong>ability: Children with a sensory integration d<strong>is</strong>ability<br />
have difficulties with understanding and responding to sensory stimuli.<br />
Sensory stimuli includes: touch, taste, smell, sound, sight, movement and<br />
body position. Sensory integration <strong>is</strong> a process of analysing, organ<strong>is</strong>ing and<br />
connecting the sensory stimuli received by the child, to make sense of the<br />
world around them and produce a meaningful response to the stimuli. It takes<br />
place in the central nervous system, which cons<strong>is</strong>ts of the spinal cord and<br />
the brain. When a child has a sensory integration d<strong>is</strong>ability they have<br />
inefficient processing of the sensory stimuli. Th<strong>is</strong> means that the central<br />
nervous system cannot analyse, organ<strong>is</strong>e and connect – or integrate the<br />
sensory stimuli. Hence, the sensory integration d<strong>is</strong>ability impacts on how a<br />
child perceives and reacts to sensory stimuli. Below are some examples of<br />
difficulties experienced by children with a sensory integration d<strong>is</strong>ability and<br />
how it impacts on their <strong>play</strong> skills:<br />
<br />
May be under sensitive<br />
to one or more<br />
sensory stimuli<br />
May be over sensitive<br />
to one or more<br />
sensory stimuli<br />
EXAMPLES<br />
Under sensitivity<br />
Over sensitivity<br />
to touch<br />
to touch<br />
Ben doesn’t feel the heat Drew <strong>is</strong>n’t aware Mia d<strong>is</strong>likes<br />
when wearing warm clothes of the mess on h<strong>is</strong> getting messy<br />
on a hot day. skin and clothes or being touched
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