One of the relatively new common themes emerging in clinical care and research with children exposed to alcohol and drugs during pregnancy is related to deficits in sensory integration. Jean Ayres, an ...

Researchers have found that boys and girls with sensory processing disorder (SPD) have altered pathways for brain connectivity when compared to typically developing children, and the difference ...

When Joanne Sciortino brought her 8-month-old daughter Victoria home from a Russian orphanage, she knew something wasn’t quite right. "From immediately being on the train and watching her rock herself ...

Picture this: You’re standing in a grocery store when the child in the cart 10 feet away from you lets out a blood-curdling scream and covers his ears, seemingly unprovoked. The store is quiet aside ...

When Beth Wankel’s son, Bowie, was a baby, he seemed pretty typical. But his “terrible twos” were more than terrible: In preschool, he would hit and push his classmates to a degree that worried his ...

A 7-year-old boy in Morris County was having a tough time riding a bike. It was the latest in a series of physical struggles for an otherwise regular kid, whose self-esteem sank to the point where his ...

Susan Donohoe knows firsthand the battles, alterations and style sacrifices parents face when trying to dress their children with sensory sensitivities. Donohoe, a pediatric occupational therapist ...

It’s a given that colleges try to help their students interpret the world around them. At SUNY Cortland, college students are helping children who have difficulty making sense of the sights, sounds, ...

BRECKENRIDGE Imagine eating a piece of watermelon with a mouth full of sand.That’s the feeling Grady Ritchea, 8, faces with most foods.And if that doesn’t sound pleasant, try coping with sensory ...

The chance to scream “boo” at each mention of the arch-enemy Haman during the Megillah (scroll) reading of Purim is a pretty fun experience for most Jewish children. Purim, which this year falls on ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There is no universally accepted framework for diagnosing children who present with sensory-based problems, ...

One of the relatively new common themes emerging in clinical care and research with children exposed to alcohol and drugs during pregnancy is related to deficits in sensory integration. Jean Ayres, an ...