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Hope and Help for Children with Sensory Processing Disorder
Putnam
April 2006
384 pages
ISBN: 0399153373
EAN: 9780399153372
Hardcover
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Imagine, for a moment, that you are a parent of a child
with no visible disability, but whose experiences of
everyday life present constant challenges. What may be
typical activities for most people-eating, dressing, making
friends, taking a spelling test, responding to a hug-are a
struggle, often resulting in social, emotional, and academic
problems.
This is the bewildering and largely
uncharted world of Sensory Processing Disorder-a complex
brain disorder affecting one in twenty children. These
children experience sensations- taste, touch, sound, sight,
smell, movement and body awareness-vastly differently from
other children their ages.They may feel attacked by the
slightest touch, fail to register bumps and bruises, or be
unable to figure out where they are in space without
constantly touching others. While SPD is more widely
recognized than it once was, parents of these sensational
children have been searching for ways to help their children
navigate in the world. Dr. Lucy Miller, the best-known SPD
researcher in the world, is that voice: warm, clear, and
upbeat, Dr. Miller identifies the disorder and its four
major subtypes, provides insight into assessment and
diagnosis, and suggests treatment options and strategies,
including the importance of occupational therapy and
parental involvement. Portraits of five children illustrate
the different ways in which SPD may manifest itself as well
as how families cope, while offering hope and advice to
parents on how to be the best possible advocates for their
children.
Comprehensive and compassionate,
Sensational Children is the book no parent, teacher,
or caregiver of children with SPD should be without.
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