Sensory Processing Dysfunction and Sensory Integration
Sensory Processing Dysfunction and Sensory Integration Every day we receive a great deal of information from all our senses. All these information merge with each other to give meaning to the things in environment around us. Merging of sensory inputs is known as Sensory Integration (SI). It helps us in organizing our behavior to successfully interact in the world. SI begins in the womb as the fetal brain senses the movements of the mother’s body. The genes of the human species gives every child baseline capacity, child interacts with many things in the environment and develops adaptive responses to stimuli. Until about the age of seven, the brain is primarily a sensory processing machine. As the child grows older, mental and social responses replace some of this sensory-motor activity. Our senses give us information about the physical condition of our body and the environment around us. Think of senses: sight, smell, hearing, tast...