Sensory information processing

Sensory information notice recognise process select to give a suitable reaction

The Sensory organs The auditory organ The visual organ The tactile organ The vestibular organ the proprioceptive organ the taste organ The smell organ

Arousal Optimal Alertness level Stress Wake up Optimal Custom response low High low Degree of alertness

The influence on the arousal level Degree of alertness Optimal alertness Course

Fight, flight, fear scheme Stress reactie Fight Flight Fear Activity Stretch, agressive, refuse, get going Flexion, go awy from the situation Trembling, wailing, crying Verbal Provoke, call someone names yelling They want someone else to do the activity They plan alternative things to do They ask for security. They don’t like it, They start laughing They quit Non verbal They cling their fists, they are very alert. They are very visual en auditive alert, angry They don’t give an answer, they walk away. They withdraw They stop, they are afraid. Their body and face have a expression of fear

How does your engine run Speedometer The engine turned hard Hard The engine turned just right just right The motor turned slowly Slowly

Auditory system Processing of the sound vibration Integration of the information understanding the information

Tactile system Notice system Protective system stress Pysical signs blush Become pale the breathing gets deep Fighting

Vestibular system Information about the moving Information about the changing of your position in space Information about your posture

Visual system It gives us information where we are in space. It helps us to limit our personal border It gives us consciousness oabout time and space

If the tactile system works to hard It hurts to be touched They avoid to touch things They avoid situations They complain and cry They fight or are calling names they are restless They want to go to the toilet a lot They want to drink a lot of water They have preference for clothing or food They are fussing about their meals They complain about headache

Problems during the day Brushing their teeth is hard. The toothbrush is to big, to hard, the toothpaste is to strong Problems with sleeping. The matress doesn’t feel good or the sheets are no good. Problems with washing their hair. The water is to warm, to cold, or the stream feels to hard , to soft Problems with cutting their hair. It hurts. The feelings of the haircuts in their neck is horrible Problems with their clothing. The label is horrible They don’t want to wear socks or shoes. Problems with drinking tea or eating the food. It feels to hot for them

Problems if the vestibular system works to hard They have problems with changing their posture They prefer to sit they get hardly out of their supporting surface They need lots of support They grin, bite on their lips They avoid moving situations They get sick when moving on the swing They have lots of difficulties walking on different surfaces they are going to sit on the ground They move stifly negative reactions like biting, screaming, yelling

Problems during the day they have difficulties walking in the bathroom, because the floor is wet They have difficulties to put on theis shoes, becaus bending down is to strong information they have difficulties in taking a doorstep when they have new shoes, they reject to walk They have difficulties in following the tempo of others. So walking with lots of others is hard They want to watch TV or sit behind the computer. they don’t want to sleep in bed, but only on the floor He doesn’t want to go outside, becaus it has been snowing

Problems if the vestibular works to slow They want lots of moving information They swing a lot and high they are looking for dangerous moving situations they react to slow with adequate vestibular reactions So they fall quite often and break something

Problems during the day Unexpected moving situations give lots of fear, because the are to slow in their reaction They fall and break something, because their reaction to push out your hands for example is to slow They are constantly moving They are suddenly standing up to make a rotation. Or they are situated up side down on the bench

Problems if the visual system works to hard They blink al lot with their eyes They close their eyes They make the visual surrounding smaller Problems with ‘following’ They don’t like strong light They have difficulties with the background surface

Problems during the day They don’t recognise the door of the toilet, so that is why they pee in the corner of their room They don’t recognise their mother. She wears other spectacles They don’t dare to get down the steps. They can’t calculate the depth of the steps They don’t want to go outside. The sunlight is to shrill they often close their eyes. There is too much to see in their surroundings They are moving their fingers in front of their eyes. They have just done something very difficult

Problems if the auditory system works to hard They hold their hands in front of their ears They make lots of sounds themselves They scream a lot They like to have an earplug in their ears They prefer low tunes Thy get irritated of the noise of the washing machine f.e. They can’t concentrate because their is noise in the passage f.e. They can’t follow a conversation

Problems during the day Their is a problem with brushing their teeth. The noise is annoying They can’t sleep. Their is too much noise in the passage They can’t concentrate because their is a lawn mower outside They make lots of noise themselves By doing this they exclude the noises which irritates them suddenly they become angry. The fridge makes a noise sometimes they get angry because of the door which get slammed. One moment they can see that the door is going to be shut. Another moment they didn’t see this Suddenly someone refuses to go outside. There was a very loud and unexpected noise outside