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Create-abilities
Does my child
need Occupational Therapy?
Sensory Processing Involves:
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Taking in information from our senses
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Sorting and filtering this information
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Interpreting this information to make sense of our world and
responding
appropriately
Children
with sensory processing difficulties may
...
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Have difficulty coping with changes in routine
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Not like the touch and feel of specific things and/or clothing or
shoes
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Excessively touch all objects and people
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Resist and find grooming routines uncomfortable, eg, teeth brushing,
hair washing, nail & hair cutting
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Avoid certain tastes and textures
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Over or under-react to specific situations
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Avoid or dislike messy play
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Not like their feet leaving the ground or travelling in cars, up
escalators
or in lifts
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Always have to be chewing on something e.g. ends of pencils, shirt
collars, sleeves etc.
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Always spin and rock themself
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Always be on the go!!
If you
identify your child as having any of the difficulties detailed above,
please contact
Create-abilities to make an appointment for an
initial assessment. |
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