Our Ayres Sensory Integration Therapy Assessment provides a comprehensive understanding of how a child or young person processes and responds to sensory information and how this may be influencing their participation in everyday life.
Sensory Integration organises sensation from one’s own body and from the environment and makes it possible to use the body effectively within the environment. It helps us to do the things we need to do in our everyday life.
Sometimes there is not enough or there is too much information and this impacts on the individual’s response to the sensory input. Difficulties with sensory processing may impact on a child’s ability to:
Individuals may also respond to sensory stimuli differently. Some individuals may be over-responsive or under-responsive to sensory stimuli, which may impact on regulation:
The Ayres assessment draws on several sources to understand the young person across different environments:
This allows our Occupational Therapists to understand the young person across different environments and explore areas including sensory processing, regulation, postural control, coordination, balance, body awareness and praxis (motor planning).
Following assessment, families receive a comprehensive Occupational Therapy report, bringing together the assessment findings and their functional impact, with clear, individualised and practical recommendations for home, school and everyday life. Where appropriate, the report will also identify whether further specialist assessment or Ayres Sensory Integration® intervention may be beneficial.
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