Sensory Integration Theory and Practice

The book combines the research results of well-known scientists and the experience of practicing specialists, providing the reader with comprehensive and systematic information about the theory of sensory integration, as well as diagnostics and therapy based on a sensory-integrative approach.... This approach, developed by E. Jean Ayres and furthered by her students and colleagues - the authors of this book - offers a system for analyzing a child's problems that provides a common language for a variety of specialists: neuropsychologists and correctional educators, rehabilitation specialists and neurologists, occupational therapists and kinesiotherapists. The value of this approach lies in its focus on correcting the cause of the disorder rather than merely alleviating the symptoms that arise from this cause.
The sensory-integrative approach proves to be useful in working with children facing a variety of problems: difficulties in acquiring learning skills, challenges in communicating with peers, motor awkwardness, developmental delay, ADHD, various conditions associated with organic lesions of the CNS, autistic spectrum disorders, and more.
The book is intended for psychologists, educators, doctors, and other specialists, as well as parents.