Definition:

There are seven senses that form the foundation of sensory integration, they are: visual, auditory, touch, smell, taste, vestibular (pull of gravity) and proprioception (body awareness and movement). These senses give us information about both our external environment and our internal environment. Our brain uses this information to form a composite picture of who we are physically, where we are, and what is going on around us. Sensory integration is the critical function of the brain that is responsible for producing this composite picture. Sensory integration is the foundation that allows for complex learning and behavior.

What areas are evaulated?

• Motor planning
• Assuming anti gravitypostures
• Bilateral Integration
• Balance and Coordination
• Sequencing and Rhythem
• Rapid Alternating Movement

• Oral Praxis
• Motor skill development
• Muscle Tone
• Kinesthetic Awareness
• Body Map
• Draw a Person and Handwriting Sample

• Delays (developmental)
• Attention and focus
• Writing problems
• Self dressing/grooming
• (Activities of Daily Living)
• Strengthening – general and specific
• Gross motor concerns

• Coordination difficulties
• Sensory motor processing
• Perceptual difficulties
• Oral motor weakness
• Fine motor concerns