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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.
Enhancing ABA Therapy with Compassionate Care: Empowering Individuals through Positive Reinforcement
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.
Tactile Sensory Processing
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 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 ridge, the hard palate, velum , […]
What is Asperger’s Syndrome?
Home What is Asperger’s Syndrome? Written By: Melanie Bren, BCBA, LBA 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 people with Asperger’s have average or higher-than-average […]
S Words Speech Therapy Exercises
Home S Words Speech Therapy Exercises Written By: Michelle E. Sisto, MS CCC-SLP TSSLD S All children develop at different rates. Some children develop faster, while some need a little extra time to meet milestones. This is specifically applicable to speech sounds. Formulating the sounds we use for speech is not as natural as you […]
R Words Speech Therapy Exercises
Home R Words Speech Therapy Exercises Written By: Michelle E. Sisto, MS CCC-SLP TSSLD S One of the many skills that can be targeted by speech language pathologists is speech sound acquisition. As our children grow, they acquire different sounds that they can use to produce target words while communicating. One of the most difficult […]
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. […]
Most Important Social Skills for Kids to Have
Home Most Important Social Skills for Kids to Have Written By: Michelle E. Sisto, MS CCC-SLP TSSLD S As a speech language pathologist, one of the most frequent questions I receive is “why are you working on social skills?” Social skills fall under the umbrella term of communication. Social skills or pragmatic language is how […]
