Sensory Integration: What is it, and how can it help your child? Jennifer McKenna OTR/L Megan Carrick OTR/L Jennifer McKenna OTR/L Megan Carrick OTR/L

The Nervous System  Science tells us that the nervous system is as unique as a finger print.  The nervous system allows us to have a dialogue with the environment.  Science tells us that the nervous system is as unique as a finger print.  The nervous system allows us to have a dialogue with the environment.

Sensory Systems  The five familiar systems  Sound  Sight  Smell  Touch  Taste  The body systems  Vestibular or balance/movement  Proprioception or muscles and joints  The five familiar systems  Sound  Sight  Smell  Touch  Taste  The body systems  Vestibular or balance/movement  Proprioception or muscles and joints

Processing Challenges  Integration  Modulation  Discrimination  Integration  Modulation  Discrimination

Implications for Daily Life  Regulation  Motor Planning  Fine and Gross Motor  Social Emotional Capacities  Regulation  Motor Planning  Fine and Gross Motor  Social Emotional Capacities

Parent Child Interactions: The Emotional Experience of Daily Life. Jennifer McKenna, OTR/L Megan Carrick, OTR/L Jennifer McKenna, OTR/L Megan Carrick, OTR/L

Parent Involvement  Parents are the best players for their children.  You are the expert on your child and the best advocate.  Parents are the best players for their children.  You are the expert on your child and the best advocate.

DIR® Principles  Developmental Trajectory  Individual Differences  Relationship Capacities  Developmental Trajectory  Individual Differences  Relationship Capacities

Using Floortime TM Principles in Sensory Motor Play Following their lead. Using knowledge about the child’s profile to facilitate play.  Pacing your interactions to meet the child’s processing capacities.  Modifying the environment. Following their lead. Using knowledge about the child’s profile to facilitate play.  Pacing your interactions to meet the child’s processing capacities.  Modifying the environment.