Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder - Show #10
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How would it feel if someone gently brushed up against you at school and yet it felt like he had just punched you? How would you react?
My guest this week is Dr. Jennifer Brout of Positive Solutions of New York and she describes many examples of children being overstimulated by sounds or sights that the average student would not even acknowledge. The problem for these children then becomes the inability to calm themselves after being overstimulated, thus very often leading to classroom disturbances.
Dr. Brout is a psychologist with a passion for educating people about Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) and for funding research to discover how exactly this disorder can successfully be treated. Currently, SPD is not recognized as a valid disorder by the medical field and very little research has been done.
Join us this week as we learn what SPD is, how difficult it is for children to live and cope with the condition and why teachers and school administrators need to educate themselves about the disorder before just dismissing a struggling child as a “bad kid.”
Recommended by Dr. Brout:
www.KidFoundation.org (new name is SPD Foundation)
Sensational Kids
by Dr. Lucy Jane Miller
The Out of Sync Child Has Fun
Also mentioned on this week’s show:
My guest spot on Moms Love Shopping Show #11
Mother’s Telling Stories Writing Contest
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I think I might get my youngest checked out for this. I never thought of that being something that actually exists, but he is ultra cranky and sensitive to noise and people touching him. Every time he’s gotten in trouble at school, it’s for someone touching him. He always gets in trouble for his reaction and they never realize he was picked on. Good job in helping to bring this disorder to so many people’s attention!