1. Addressing sensory processing challenges
Robert Jason Grant Ed.D, LPC, RPT-S, CAS

2. Sensory Processing Defined
A person with SPD finds it difficult to process and act upon information received through the senses, which creates challenges in performing countless everyday tasks. Motor clumsiness, behavioral problems, anxiety, depression, and school failure can accompany SPD.
Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation, 2016

3. Sensory Processing Defined
A condition that exists when sensory signals don't get organized into appropriate responses.
Jean Ayres, PhD, likened SPD to a neurological "traffic jam" that prevents certain parts of the brain from receiving the information needed to interpret sensory information correctly.

4. Eight Sensory areas Sight (visual) Smell (olfactory)
Hearing (auditory)
Touch (tactile)
Taste
Vestibular
Proprioception
Interoceptive

5. vestibular
Responds to a change in your head position or having your feet lifted off of the ground. It also contributes to balance and equilibrium.
Everyday activities include somersaults, rolling inside of a barrel/tunnel, prone (on stomach) or inverted (upside down) on top of a large exercise ball, swinging, hanging upside down from a trapeze bar or monkey bars, merry-go- round, hammock, and roller coasters.
nspt4kids.com

6. proprioception
Informs us of our body position in space. Receptors for this system are located primarily in our muscles and relay information on muscle length and tension.
Activities could be squeezing something in your hands, chewing something particularly hard, or pushing, pulling, lifting, climbing, or crawling with the entire body.
nspt4kids.com

7. interoceptive
Refers to our internal senses.  Any sensations that originate from within the body, like the feeling of hunger and thirst, sickness, heart rate, and the feeling that one needs to use the bathroom.
Activities include vestibular and proprioceptive interventions; brushing, deep pressure. Possibly behavioral techniques such as timers, visual schedules, and practice.

8. Sensory Processing Resource
Lindsey Biel, Pediatric Occupational Therapist
Sensory Questionnaire
Home Screening tool
School Screening tool
Sensory Processing Challenges: Effective Work With Kids & Teens, by Lindsey Biel

9. School related Manifestations

10. interventions The Process When (how often) Where (location) Who How
Goals

11. interventions Iguana Walk Family Spin Break Out Pool Noodle Relaxation
Sensory Mandala

12. References and resources
Grant, R. J. (2016). Play-based interventions for autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities. New York, NY: Routledge.
Grant, R.J. (2016). AutPlay Therapy for Children and Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum. NY: Routledge.

13. Thank you! Robert Jason Grant Ed.D, LPC, RPT-S