Saturday, September 14, 2013
Behavior or Sensory?
My goal for this school year has been to look at my students through a different lens. Rather than assuming that a “difficult” child has behavior issues, I will first question whether the child has sensory integration problems. As young children are developing their nervous systems and figuring out what is going on inside and outside of their bodies, sometimes the sensations that they are experiences are confusing, inaccurate, or uncomfortable for them. In this case, how would we expect them to behave? Here is a link to a helpful article on this subject: http://school.familyeducation.com/sensory-integration/parenting/56288.html. Please join me in the effort to addressing sensory issues and helping our students to learn in a world that makes sense to their bodies!
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Erin
ReplyDeleteI can see the passion in your writing you have for your students. I have seen to many time inexperience teacher label children as "difficult" or they just flat out call them "bad"; I agree you must ask the questions about what you may have observed. Is the parents you are posing this to?
Many parents that I share this information with are very open to the idea. Many have even seeked out OT for their children after learning about sensory integration. It just seems to make sense to many. For other parents, it is difficult because they have already labled their child as "difficult". Sharing research with them on this topic has been the best way to help them understand.
ReplyDeleteGreat conversation and comments Erin and Cynthia!
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