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What is Tactile Sensory Processing?
The tactile system receives information from the environment around us through receptors on our skin that receive touch. Our body then is able to interpret this information and decide how to respond to it. Tactile sensory processing is necessary to develop skills needed for daily activities and social relationships. When the brain has difficulties understanding and responding to tactile information it may be expressed as hyperrosponsiveness or hyporesponsiveness.
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What is Tactile Sensory Processing?
The tactile system receives information from the environment around us through receptors on our skin that receive touch. Our body then is able to interpret this information and decide how to respond to it. Tactile sensory processing is necessary to develop skills needed for daily activities and social relationships. When the brain has difficulties understanding and responding to tactile information it may be expressed as hyperrosponsiveness or hyporesponsiveness.
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What is Tactile Sensory Processing?
The tactile system receives information from the environment around us through receptors on our skin that receive touch. Our body then is able to interpret this information and decide how to respond to it. Tactile sensory processing is necessary to develop skills needed for daily activities and social relationships. When the brain has difficulties understanding and responding to tactile information it may be expressed as hyperrosponsiveness or hyporesponsiveness.
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What is Tactile Sensory Processing?
The tactile system receives information from the environment around us through receptors on our skin that receive touch. Our body then is able to interpret this information and decide how to respond to it. Tactile sensory processing is necessary to develop skills needed for daily activities and social relationships. When the brain has difficulties understanding and responding to tactile information it may be expressed as hyperrosponsiveness or hyporesponsiveness.
L Words Speech Therapy Exercises
Home L Words Speech Therapy Exercises Written By: Michelle E. Sisto, MS CCC-SLP TSSLD S Understanding the Articulation of Speech Sounds Articulation is described as “the formation of clear and distinct sounds in speech”. When producing sounds, we use a variety of body parts known as “articulators”, that include the tongue, lips, upper teeth, alveolar […]
Understanding Asperger’s Syndrome: History, Characteristics, and Diagnosis
Home Understanding Asperger’s Syndrome: History, Characteristics, and Diagnosis Written By: Melanie Bren, BCBA, LBA What is Asperger’s Syndrome? Asperger’s Syndrome, until the publication of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) used to be its own diagnosis. The term was synonymous with “high functioning autism.” Asperger’s syndrome, was different than other ASDs because […]
S Words Speech Therapy Exercises
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R Words Speech Therapy Exercises
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What to expect your first telehealth session
Home What to expect your first telehealth session Written By: Farrah Coppolino Telehealth services are widely used in healthcare and have allowed patients to connect to providers with ease. Like other forms of healthcare, applied behavior analysis (ABA) services can be provided via telehealth. ABA focuses on improving socially significant behaviors (i.e., anything important) to […]
What is the Theory of Mind in Children With Autism
Home What is the Theory of Mind in Children With Autism Written By: Michelle E. Sisto, MS CCC-SLP TSSLD S There are two children playing together, Ariella and Sienna. Ariella and Sienna are picking daisies and are putting them in their own baskets. Sienna finds a four leaf clover and puts it in her basket. […]