OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY/SENSORY INTEGRATION
THERAPY
OCCUPATIONAL
THERAPY
Occupational therapy is what people do
to occupy their time, children occupy
their time by playing and in turn
playing is the precursor for learning.
A person who has autism often has
trouble communicating and interacting
with other people. The person’s
interests, activities and play skills
may be limited.
Occupational therapy service is offered
as a service to help individual with
Autism to gain their ability to
participate in everyday situations
and/or activities. Occupational therapy
service in our centre is limited to the
individuals with autism for:
1. Improving the functional activities: ( fine motor, visual
motor, perceptual motor skill)
2. Sensory Integration:
INTENSIVE 1:1 SENSORY INTEGRATION
THERAPY
The term” Sensory Integration” refers to
the way the brain organizes sensations
for engagement in occupation.
We have seven senses: sight, sound,
smell, touch, taste, balance and body in
space) most of us unconsciously learn to
combine our senses in order to make
sense of our environment. Children with
autism have trouble learning to do this.
Consequently their play schemes are
limited to the few habitual manners they
use when interacting with the world.
Sensory integration therapy is based on
the assumption that the child is either
over- or under stimulated by the
environment. Therefore .the aim of
sensory integration therapy is to
improve the sensory processing
capabilities of the brain so the child
will function more adaptively in his/her
daily activities.
Sensory integration therapy is provided
in an environment created specifically
for the individual to provide them with
a variety of sensory opportunities that
adhere to the sensory integration
fidelity.
As each child
with autism is unique and so each autism
intervention plan should be tailored to
address specific needs, so at my centre
Sensory integration therapy is provided
as direct one-to –one therapy . |
