In a book likely to transform how parents manage many of their child\'s daily struggles, Drs.
This thoroughly researched, useful, and compassionate guide will help families start on a new path of empowerment and success..
Readers Will Learn: The latest scientific knowledge about sensory integration How to recognize sensory processing problems in children and evaluate the options for treatment How to prevent conflicts by viewing the child\'s world through a sensory lens Strategies for handling sensory integration challenges at home, at school, and in twenty-first century kid culture The result: a happier childhood, a more harmonious family, and a more cooperative classroom.
In addition, the authors say, many childhood psychiatric disorders may have an unidentified sensory component.
The result can be heartbreaking: battles over dressing, bathing, schoolwork, social functions, holidays, and countless other events.
A busy classroom, new clothes, food smells, sports activities, even hugs can send such a child spinning out of control.
A child with sensory processing problems overreacts or underreacts to sensory experiences most of us take in stride.
Practicing child psychologists, and themselves parents of children with sensory integration problems, their message is innovative, practical, and, above all, full of hope.
Smith and Gouze explain the central and frequently unrecognized role that sensory processing problems play in a child\'s emotional and behavioral difficulties.
In a book likely to transform how parents manage many of their child\'s daily struggles, Drs
