Sensational Kids: Hope and Help for Children with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) is a condition affecting at least one in twenty children who experience sensations in taste, touch, sound, sight, smell, movement, and body awareness in a vastly different manner from how other children their ages do. What may be typical activities for most kids are a daily struggle that may result in social, emotional, or academic problems. Dr. Lucy Jane Miller, the best-known SPD researcher in the world, brings together a lifetime of study to teach parents and others the signs and symptoms of SPD and its four major subtypes; ways the disorder is diagnosed and treated; sensory strategies for living with the condition; and methods to help SPD kids thrive. |
Contents
The Basics | 1 |
Symptoms and Warning Signs | 19 |
Assessment and Diagnosis | 42 |
Treatment and Strategies | 58 |
Living with Sensational Kids | 75 |
LaTanya an OverResponsive Kindergartner | 96 |
Tam an UnderResponsive SecondGrader | 133 |
Ben a SensorySeeking Preschooler | 167 |
As Sensational Children Grow Up | 237 |
Beyond the Basics | 249 |
Beyond the Types | 266 |
Causes and Prevalence | 283 |
Intervention Methods | 291 |
CONCLUSION A Personal Message to Parents | 301 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 307 |
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