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and NSW Centre for Effective Reading, Manly

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Sensory tools

“Sensory processing difficulties are a group of symptoms and related behaviours that happen when someone has trouble taking in information from their senses and responding appropriately to it.”  Raising Children’s network

 

 

A great resource for teachers is the Child Mind Institute.

Here are some ideas for parents:


Star Institute home activities


Care for Kids - how sensory processing disorder affects children.

These books give are useful too:

  • The Out-of-Sync Child by Carol Stock Kranowitz
  • The Out-of-Sync Child Grows Up by Carol Stock Kranowitz
  • The Out-of-Sync Child has fun by Carol Stock Kranowitz
  • Sensational Kids by Lucy Miller
  • The Whole brain child by Dan Siegal
  • The Highly Sensitive Child by Elaine N Aron, PhD

We also recommend the following websites and articles:

 

Raising Children Network guide - sensory processing difficulty.

 

 

Autism Spectrum have a useful PDF about sensory processing which you can download.

 

SPD Australia, whose mission is "to raise the awareness and understanding of Sensory Processing Disorder in Australia and ... to offer information to those suffering from this very REAL condition."

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