• Activities
• ADHD and SPD
• Adults and SPD
• Assessment, SPD
• Auditory processing
• Autism and SPD
• Childhood development and SPD
• DSM
• Dentist, going to
• Developmental disorders
• Diagnosis, SPD
• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual – see DSM
• Effectiveness, treatment
• Family life
• Fragile X Syndrome and SPD
• Gifted and SPD
• Goal attainment scaling
• Insurance
• Intervention, SPD
• Home activities – see ACTIVITIES
• Learning disabilities and SPD
• Listening therapy
• Motor functioning
• Neurophysiologic evidence
• Nosology – see Subtypes, SPD
• Occupational therapy
• Prevalence, SPD
• Research, SPDF
• Research, SPD-SWG
• Research, summaries and bibliographies
• Schools
• Scientific Work Group (SWG) – see SPD-SWG, research
• Sensory-Based Motor Disorder (SBMD)
• Sensory defensiveness – see Sensory Over-Responsivity
• Sensory Discrimination Disorder (SDD)
• Sensory integration, theory
• Sensory Modulation Disorder (SMD)
• Sensory Over-Responsivity (SOR)
• Sensory Seeking
• Sensory Under-Responsivity (SUR)
• Subtypes, SPD
• Symptoms, SPD
• Tips, teacher
• Treatment – see INTERVENTION
• Visual processing

Activities

• Home activities for children with SPD

ADHD and SPD

• Sensory modulation dysfunction in children with ADHD
• Comparative outcomes of children with ADHD: Treatment vs. delayed treatment control condition (presentation)
• Significant categories of SPD and other considerations
• An ecological model of sensory modulation: Performance with children with fragile X syndrome, autism, ADHD and sensory modulation dysfunction
• Somatosensory function in boys with ADHD and tactile defensiveness
• Prevalence of sensory integrative disorders in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A descriptive study
• Nonverbal learning disabilities and sensory processing disorders
• A case controlled study on balance function of ADHD children (abstract)
• Classroom seating for children with ADHD: Therapy balls vs. chairs (abstract)
• Neural plasticity following auditory training in children with learning problems (abstract)
• Living with SPD and ADHD: An adult perspective
• Living with SPD and ADHD: An OT perspective

Adults and SPD

• Treatment of sensory defensiveness in adults
• Bibliography on Adult SPD
• Living with SPD and ADHD: An adult perspective
• Living with SPD and ADHD: An OT perspective
• The Adult Sensory Profile: Measuring patterns of sensory processing (abstract)
• Central nervous system metabolism in sensory defensive and non-defensive adults (abstract)

Assessment, SPD

• A pilot study of the Sensory Over-Responsivity scales: Assessment and inventory
• Development of an Assessment for Ideational Praxis
• Identifying gravitational insecurity in children: A pilot study
• Sensory modulation dysfunction: Identification in early childhood
• Clinical applications in SMD: Assessment and intervention considerations
• Guidelines for competency in the application of SI theory
• The Adult Sensory Profile: Measuring patterns of sensory processing (abstract)

Auditory processing

• Comparison of sensory gating to mismatch negativity and self-reported perceptual phenomena in healthy adults
• Effects of musical training on the auditory cortex (abstract)
• Neural plasticity following auditory training in children with learning problems (abstract)
• Sensor neural hearing loss in chronic obits media (abstract)
• Twin studies of tactile and auditory defensiveness (abstract)
• Effectiveness of listening (auditory) therapies (doctoral paper)

Autism (ASD) and SPD

• Psychophysiology of children with ASD
• Cure Autism Now executive summary
• An update on sensory responsivity, sensory reactivity, and arousal in persons with autistic spectrum disorders: Current research and promising interventions
• Sensory processing in children with and without autism: A comparative study using the short sensory profile
• An ecological model of sensory modulation: Performance with children with fragile X syndrome, autism, ADHD and sensory modulation dysfunction
• Effects of exercise on the self-stimulatory behaviors and positive responding of adolescents with autism (abstract)
• Cerebellar hypoplasia and frontal lobe cognitive deficits in disorders of early childhood (abstract)
• Changing prevalence of autistic disorder in a Welsh health district (abstract)
• Intuitive psychology and physics among children with autism and typically developing children (abstract)
• Motion perception in autism: A complex issue (abstract)
• Motor control and children with autism: Deficit of anticipatory function (abstract)
• Autistic children's attentiveness and responsivity improve after touch therapy (abstract)
• Interview with Lorna Jean King, OTR, FAOTA Autism Research Institute

Childhood development and SPD

• Effect of SI Challenges During Different Developmental Stages
• Sensory modulation dysfunction: Identification in early childhood

DSM

• Sensory Processing Disorder: Possible pathways to DSM-V (abstract)
• Summary responses for DSM online application (January 2007)
• Appendix A: Evidence for Sensory Processing Disorder (January 2007)
• Appendix B: Update for diagnostic and statistical manual application: New peer-reviewed publications related to Sensory Processing Disorder (March 2008)

Dentist, going to

• Going to the dentist

Developmental disorders

• Effects of sensory integration intervention on self-stimulating and self-injurious behaviors
• Evaluating the sensory integrative functions of mainstream schoolchildren with specific developmental disorders (abstract)
• Sensory defensiveness in persons with developmental disabilities (abstract)

Diagnosis, SPD

• Primary diagnosis: Regulatory-Sensory Processing Disorders. Diagnostic Manual for Infancy and Early Childhood.
• Guidelines for competency in the application of sensory integration theory
• The Sensory Integration Observation Guide – Level I: 0-12 month old scale

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual

Effectiveness, treatment

• Randomized controlled pilot study of the effectiveness of occupational therapy for children with sensory modulation disorder
• Lessons learned: A pilot study of occupational therapy effectiveness for children with sensory modulation disorder
• Fidelity in sensory integration intervention research
• OT/SI for children with developmental disabilities
• Sensory integration/learning disabilities
• Empirical evidence related to therapies for sensory processing impairments
• Researching the effectiveness of sensory integration
• Efficacy of sensory integration procedures
• A comparison of consultative model and direct intervention with preschoolers (abstract)
• Occupational therapy effects on visual motor skills in preschool children (abstract)
• Autistic children's attentiveness and responsivity improve after touch therapy (abstract)

Family life

• How might family life be affected?

Fragile X Syndrome and SPD

• Electrodermal responses to sensory stimuli in individuals with fragile X syndrome
• Influence of stimulants on electrodermal studies in fragile X syndrome
• An ecological model of sensory modulation: Performance with children with fragile X syndrome, autism, ADHD and sensory modulation dysfunction
• Sensory processing correlates of occupational performance in fragile X syndrome: Preliminary findings

Gifted and SPD

• Sensory issues in gifted children: Synthesis of the literature (doctoral paper)

Goal attainment scaling

• Goal attainment scaling as a measure of meaningful outcomes for children with sensory integration disorders

Insurance

• Codes

Intervention, SPD

• OT/SI for children with developmental disabilities
• An update on sensory responsivity, sensory reactivity, and arousal in persons with autistic spectrum disorders: Current research and promising interventions
• Efficacy of sensory integration procedures
• Empirical evidence related to therapies for sensory processing impairments
• Outcome of sensory-based intervention after birth trauma
• Researching the effectiveness of sensory integration
• Clinical applications in SMD: Assessment and intervention considerations
• Effectiveness of listening (auditory) therapies (doctoral paper)
• Parental hopes for therapy outcomes: Children with SMD
• Sensory integration/learning disabilities
• Treatment of sensory defensiveness in adults
• Comparative outcomes of children with ADHD: Treatment vs. delayed treatment control condition (presentation)
• Effects of sensory integration intervention on self-stimulating and self-injurious behaviors
• Autistic children's attentiveness and responsivity improve after touch therapy (abstract)

Home activities

Learning disabilities and SPD

• Balance and gait in children with dyslexia (abstract)
• Brain mechanisms for reading in children with and without dyslexia: A review of studies of normal development and plasticity (abstract)
• Nonverbal learning disabilities and sensory processing disorders

Listening Therapy

• Effectiveness of listening (auditory) therapies (doctoral paper)

Motor functioning

• Development of an assessment for ideational praxis
• Identifying gravitational insecurity in children: A pilot study
• A comparison of consultative model and direct intervention with preschoolers (abstract)
• How do children who are clumsy remember modeled movements (abstract)

Neurophysiologic evidence

• Validating the diagnosis of Sensory Processing Disorders using EEG technology
• Influence of stimulants on electrodermal studies in fragile X syndrome
• Sensory-modulation disruption, electrodermal responses and functional behaviors
• Electrodermal responses to sensory stimuli in individuals with fragile X syndrome: A preliminary report
• Comparison of sensory gating to mismatch negativity and self-reported perceptual phenomena in healthy adults
• Multisensory versus unisensory integration: Contrasting models in the superior colliculus
• Children with disturbances in sensory processing: A pilot study examining the role of the parasympathetic nervous system

Nosology

Occupational therapy

• Occupational therapy using a sensory integrative approach for children with developmental disabilities
• Use of clinical reasoning in occupational therapy: The STEP-SI model of treatment of sensory modulation dysfunction
• Sensory integration/learning disabilities
• Sensory Processing Disorders in a nonhuman primate model: Evidence for occupational therapy practice
• Effects of sensory integration intervention on self-stimulating and self-injurious behaviors
• A comparison of consultative model and direct intervention with preschoolers (abstract)
• Occupational therapy effects on visual motor skills in preschool children (abstract)
• Guidelines for Competency in the Application of Sensory Integration Theory

Prevalence, SPD

• Prevalence of parent perceptions of sensory processing disorders among kindergarten children
• Prevalence of sensory integrative disorders in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A descriptive study

Research, SPD-SWG

• Summary of SPD scientific work group
• Validating the diagnosis of Sensory Processing Disorders using EEG technology
• Development of an Assessment for Ideational Praxis
• Identifying gravitational insecurity in children: A pilot study
• Treatment of sensory defensiveness in adults
• Comparative outcomes of children with ADHD: Treatment vs. delayed treatment control condition (presentation)
• Comparison of sensory gating to mismatch negativity and self-reported perceptual phenomena in healthy adults
• Clozapine treatment reverses dizocilpine-induced deficits of pre-pulse inhibition of tactile startle response
• Somatosensory function in boys with ADHD and tactile defensiveness
• Diagnostic validity of Sensory Over-Responsivity: A review of the literature and case reports
• Sensory Processing Disorders in a nonhuman primate model: Evidence for occupational therapy practice
• A pilot study of the Sensory Over-Responsivity scales: Assessment and inventory
• Effects of sensory integration intervention on self-stimulating and self-injurious behaviors
• Multisensory versus unisensory integration: Contrasting models in the superior colliculus
• A rodent model for tactile defensiveness (abstract)
• Psychophysiologic and behavioral patterns of sensory processing in children with sensory modulation dysfunction (abstract)
• A scale to identify Sensory Over-Responsivity in children and adults (abstract)
• Central nervous system metabolism In sensory-defensive and non-defensive adults: A proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study (abstract)
• Developmental sensory disorder: Contributions from a clinical perspective (abstract)
• Differentiation of Sensory Processing Disorder subtypes using non-invasive neurophysiology measures of sensory gating (abstract)
• Sensory gating measured by evoked potentials in children with Sensory Modulation Dysfunction (abstract)
• Sensory Processing Disorder: Possible pathways to DSM-V (abstract)
• The superior colliculus as a model for understanding neuron behavior (abstract)
• Twin studies of tactile and auditory defensiveness (abstract)
• Research, summaries and bibliographies Summary of research findings in SPDF
• Final report for multi-site planning grant: Outcome of sensory-based intervention after birth trauma
• Graduate research on sensory integration – a bibliography from OTBibSys

Schools

• OT-SI therapy in school districts
• OT-SI therapy in school districts: Massachusetts
• Tips for teachers
• Classroom seating for children with ADHD (abstract)

Scientific Work Group (SWG)

Sensory-Based Motor Disorder (SBMD)

• Primary diagnosis: Regulatory-Sensory Processing Disorders. Diagnostic Manual for Infancy and Early Childhood.

Sensory Challenge Protocol

• Sensory-modulation disruption, electrodermal responses, and functional behaviors

Sensory defensiveness

Sensory Discrimination Disorder (SDD)

• Primary diagnosis: Regulatory-Sensory Processing Disorders. Diagnostic Manual for Infancy and Early Childhood.
• Significant categories of SI and other considerations

Sensory integration, theory

• Sensory integration/learning disabilities
• Guidelines for Competency in the Application of Sensory Integration Theory

Sensory Modulation Disorder (SMD)

• Primary diagnosis: Regulatory-Sensory Processing Disorders. Diagnostic Manual for Infancy and Early Childhood.
• Sensory modulation dysfunction: Identification in early childhood
• Sensory modulation dysfunction in children with ADHD
• An update on sensory responsivity, sensory reactivity, and arousal in persons with autistic spectrum disorders: Current research and promising interventions
• An ecological model of sensory modulation: Performance with children with fragile X syndrome, autism, ADHD and sensory modulation dysfunction
• Clinical applications in SMD: Assessment and intervention considerations
• Treatment of sensory defensiveness in adults
• Parental hopes for therapy outcomes: Children with SMD
• Significant categories of SI and other considerations
• Children with disturbances in sensory processing: A pilot study examining the role of the parasympathetic nervous system

Sensory Over-Responsivity (SOR)

• Diagnostic validity of Sensory Over-Responsivity: A review of the literature and case reports
• A pilot study of the Sensory Over-Responsivity scales: Assessment and inventory
• Primary diagnosis: Regulatory-Sensory Processing Disorders. Diagnostic Manual for Infancy and Early Childhood.
• An update on sensory responsivity, sensory reactivity, and arousal in persons with autistic spectrum disorders: Current research and promising interventions
• Somatosensory function in boys with ADHD and tactile defensiveness
• Diagnostic validity of Sensory Over-Responsivity: A review of the literature and case reports
• Children with disturbances in sensory processing: A pilot study examining the role of the parasympathetic nervous system
• Central nervous system metabolism in sensory defensive and non-defensive adults (abstract)
• Sensory defensiveness in persons with developmental disabilities (abstract)
• A rodent model for tactile defensiveness (abstract)
• Twin studies of tactile and auditory defensiveness (abstract)
• Dental appointments (tip sheet)

Sensory Seeking

• Primary diagnosis: Regulatory-Sensory Processing Disorders. Diagnostic Manual for Infancy and Early Childhood.

Sensory Under-Responsivity (SUR)

• Primary diagnosis: Regulatory-Sensory Processing Disorders. Diagnostic Manual for Infancy and Early Childhood.
• Children with disturbances in sensory processing: A pilot study examining the role of the parasympathetic nervous system

Subtypes, SPD

• Primary diagnosis: Regulatory-Sensory Processing Disorders. Diagnostic Manual for Infancy and Early Childhood.
• Concept evolution in sensory integration: A proposed nosology for diagnosis
• Defining SPD and its subtypes

Symptoms, SPD

• SPD Checklist

Tips, teacher

• Teacher tips

Treatment

Visual processing

• The effect of discordant sensory information in graphic production: to distinct subject groups (abstract)

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