What does sensory integration training mean?

Question 1: Early education schools often talk about sensory integration training. What does it mean? Sensory training, that is, vision, touch, hearing, smell, etc.! All have to be trained!

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Question 2: What is children’s sensory integration training? Children who are inattentive, prone to losing their temper, and procrastinating in doing things may have "sensory integration disorder" which can be improved through training.

What is sensory integration?

Feeling is the basis for human beings to understand things and the world. Regarding sensations, people generally pay more attention to vision, hearing and smell, but in fact the most basic and important sensations that humans need from the bottom up are touch, vestibular balance and movement.

Touch refers to the feeling that nerve cells distributed on the skin of the body receive temperature, humidity, pain, pressure, vibration, etc. from the outside world.

Vestibular balance sense uses the three pairs of semicircular canals and otoliths of the inner ear to explore gravity and control the position of the head during activities and the balance of the body.

Kinaesthetic sense (also known as deep sense) is the feeling from the muscles, joints, and ligaments inside our body. It is the feeling of understanding the position and movement of limbs.

Sensory integration refers to the process and function in which the human brain analyzes, processes, and integrates information from various sensory organs of the body, and then instructs the human body to make appropriate responses so that the entire body operates harmoniously and effectively. Human beings' various senses are a learning process in which the brain and body coordinate with each other. Almost 80% of learning occurs in infants and young children.

Human sensory integration is a process that is constantly repeated. It is through this process of continuous integration that the division of labor in the brain becomes more and more detailed, the functions become better and better, and the individual's learning ability and adaptability are improved. It’s getting stronger and stronger.

However, when the human body is born with deficiencies or receives adverse interference from the outside world, problems will arise in the brain's integration of sensory information, that is, sensory information cannot be effectively integrated in the central nervous system of the human brain. , so that the entire body cannot operate harmoniously, and then the human body will show sensory integration disorder.

The child refuses to go to school (kindergarten), cannot concentrate in class, is careless in doing things, procrastinates on homework, and loses his temper... Be careful, your child may suffer from "sensory integration disorder" disease"! According to statistics, more than 30% of children in Guangzhou suffer from this disease.

Case of sensory integration disorder

A 6-year-old girl, An An, studied in the first grade of a primary school in Guangzhou. As soon as she went to school in the morning, she kept crying. She has been crying for three times since the beginning of school. This happens every month, and my parents are worried about it. After testing by doctors at the hospital's children's psychological training base, An An suffered from "sensory integration disorder." She is very tactilely defensive and doesn't like people touching her, let alone cuddling. After communicating with An An's parents, the doctor learned that An An was very dependent on her family and refused to leave. This was related to her parents' overprotection of her since she was a child.

The 9-year-old boy Jiahuang is in the second grade of primary school and has been out of school for half a year. It turned out that he couldn't concentrate in class, often made strange noises, ran in and out as if no one was around, and harassed other students... As a last resort, his parents had to suspend school for him. After testing, the doctor diagnosed that Jiahuang also suffered from "sensory integration disorder". Because he did not receive timely treatment, he suffered from a certain degree of psychological disorder and was full of hostility towards teachers and classmates.

What are the symptoms of sensory integration disorder?

Children with "Sensory Integration Disorder" have difficulty concentrating, poor memory, do things carelessly, have poor academic performance, procrastinate in homework, are naughty, hyperactive, willful, impulsive, and take risks, but Poor fine motor skills such as difficulty in tying shoelaces and buttons, stammering speech, and difficulty in conveying meaning; some are prone to nervousness, timidity, withdrawal, paranoia, crying, being unsociable, picky eaters, or overeating.

In the past, some people diagnosed these problems as ADHD and gave their children medicines, injections, etc., but with little effect, and may also cause poor development of children; some parents believed that their children had personality problems. , deliberately disobedient, beating and scolding the child, causing physical and mental trauma to the child.

People's different sensory organs form different sensory integration systems, and the symptoms of disorders in different integration systems are also different. Generally speaking, sensory integration disorder mainly manifests itself in the following conditions:

① Poor vestibular sense: clumsy body movements, failure to obey instructions, distortion of the audio-visual nervous system, confusion in left and right brain thinking, and in severe cases, Language barrier.

② Balance and integration disorder: no sense of distance, poor coordination ability, no ability to stand or sit, easy to fall, unsteady holding things, bumping into walls when walking, upset and restless, Inattention, poor interpersonal relationships, and aggression.

③ Tactile integration disorder: overly sensitive to other people’s touch, acting like two different people at home and outside, clingy, prone to crying, afraid of strangers, timid, withdrawn, unsociable, bad-tempered, picky about food, eating Hands, nail biting, playing with genitals, etc. This type of child usually reacts quickly and has a high IQ, but due to the inability to control his emotions, his EQ is very low.

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Question 3: What is the role of sensory integration training in early childhood education? Let’s first look at what ‘sensory integration’ is. The official name of sensory integration is ‘sensory integration’. This idea was proposed by Dr. Jean Ayres of the University of Southern California in 1969. Sensory integration refers to the individual's effective combination process of various sensory information (visual, auditory, tactile, etc.) entering the brain in the central nervous system. That is, individuals effectively use their senses in a specific environment to obtain information from different sensory pathways (vision, hearing, taste, smell, touch, movement, vestibular sense, proprioception, etc.) from the environment and input it into the brain. The ability to process input information (including interpretation, comparison, enhancement, inhibition, connection, and unification) and make adaptive responses.

Theoretically speaking, all children will have some problems of 'sensory integration disorder' to a greater or lesser extent after birth. The first stop of so-called 'optimal education' is to pay attention to 'sensory integration training' for children from an early age. '. If your child has any of the above symptoms of "sensory integration disorder", it means that the child's "sensory integration disorder" problem has become more obvious, and more attention should be paid to systematic sensory integration exercises.

The popular term for 'sensory integration disorder' is: "a very slight disorder occurs in the development of children's brains." Drugs are ineffective and must be corrected through training. In other words, sensory integration disorder is not a disease. Children with sensory integration disorder have normal intelligence. It is just that there are obstacles in the coordination of the child's brain and various parts of the body, which prevents many excellent aspects from being expressed. Usually, children's sensory integration disorders can be easily corrected through training before they are 12 years old. Once they are over 12 years old, they will become fixed and cannot be changed. This is why some children are very smart and active when they are young, but they are average when they grow up.

Common problems with sensory integration disorders include:

(1) Tactile problems:

1. Avoiding contact and insisting on holding certain objects. Have a sense of security, do not like to play games with physical contact, and dislike certain textures of clothing;

2. Hate being touched, hate haircuts, bathing, brushing teeth, and dislike manual work such as painting, sanding, and masonry; < /p>

3. Loves to fight, loses temper, hits others, and reacts violently to non-malicious physical contact;

(2) Vestibular sensory function problems:

1. Staggering around in class, holding the pen improperly when writing, and having incorrect posture when sitting upright, reading, and writing;

2. Line skipping and missing lines are prone to occur during reading. When the head moves, the eyes are in space to see objects. Unstable;

3. Motion sickness, seasickness, and easy dizziness during large movements;

4. Structural and spatial perception disorders, difficulty in distinguishing subtle differences in images;

5. Avoid or be afraid of exercise, mainly use eyes to coordinate movements during exercise;

(3) Proprioceptive function problems:

1. Slow writing speed, irregular handwriting, Often use too much force when writing;

2. Poor sequence and time awareness in learning and other activities;

3. Easy to learn poorly due to non-intellectual factors and complete simple actions Frequent failures, low self-confidence, easily frustrated when encountering difficulties, and strong dependence;

4. Difficulty learning fine movements such as tying shoelaces and buttoning, poor gross and fine motor skills, and clumsy movements , does not like somersaults and is not good at playing with building blocks;

5. Unsociable, withdrawn, easily lost in unfamiliar environments;

Trampoline exercise is an important means of children's sensory training! Among many children with sensory integration disorders, disorders of balance, coordination and vestibular sense are the most basic and important problems. Among the training methods for these points, trampoline is the most common and the most effective one. Jumping exercise helps to stimulate the child's sensory system, improves the integration of proprioception and vestibular sense, cultivates a sense of balance, and can also train the child's hand-eye coordination, which is of great help to the child's independent movement and the maturity of sports planning. Jumping on the trampoline can also help children's emotional stability and enterprising spirit to overcome difficulties. Formal sensory training is not as simple as ordinary fun. If you find that your child needs training in this area, it is recommended to carry out formal and systematic trampoline sensory training, so as to achieve twice the result with half the effort. Since children's balance and coordination are still developing, their movements are sudden and uncertain, and it is very easy for them to lose their balance and fall. Choosing a safe trampoline for this reason is crucial in sensory training. There are several important factors to consider when it comes to trampoline safety:

1. *** The trampoline frame: The rigid metal frame is one of the biggest dangers jumpers face and can cause serious fractures, scratches, and Skull injury!

2. Insufficient protective pads: The protective pads will begin to wear, deform, and tear after being hit several times, and will seriously lose their ability to absorb impacts.

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Question 4: What is the sense of speed in sensory training? The sense of speed is the vestibular function, and the center of gravity moves quickly proprioception.

Question 5: What are the benefits of sensory integration training for children? Can it really be improved? Sensory integration disorder will seriously affect the healthy growth of children, mainly reflected in the serious impact on the improvement of children's psychological quality, adverse effects on children's intellectual development and comprehensive ability cultivation, obstacles in learning ability and personality, interpersonal sensitivity or social withdrawal, psychological quality In terms of poor performance, the specific manifestations are as follows:

*Vestibular balance dysfunction: manifested as hyperactivity, restlessness, tendency to fall when walking, dizziness in circles, inattention in class, love to make small movements, willfulness, Excitable and active, clingy, poor self-control, emotionally unstable, picky, delayed language development, etc.

*Poor visual sense: Although I can watch cartoons and play with electric toys for a long time, I cannot read smoothly. I often skip or miss reading or have more words and fewer words. I often count or The words are written upside down.

*Poor sense of hearing: manifested by not being able to hear what others say, often forgetting what the teacher said and homework assignments, etc.

Touching various things; having compulsive behavior (repeating an action over and over again), personal performance lack of self-confidence, negative withdrawal.

*Overly sensitive to pain or overeating: risky behavior, self-injury and self-mutilation, not knowing how to summarize experiences and lessons; or being inactive, withdrawn, unsociable, timid in doing things, lacking curiosity, and lacking exploratory behavior.

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◆Crawling fully

To train the baby to crawl, the baby will have crawling reflex within 28 days after birth. Let the baby lie prone for a few seconds every day. First, exercise the neck muscles so that he can slowly raise his head. , hold his feet with your hands, and the baby can take advantage of the situation to crawl forward. After he can crawl, he will crawl fully for more than 3 months, and try not to use a walker. You can prepare a special carpet to lay on the ground for children to crawl on, which not only ensures safety but also allows children to have a large enough activity area. Children with insufficient crawling are prone to falling and bumping when walking.

◆Balance Game

Parents should rock and hold the baby more often during infancy, and can also let the baby sit in the cradle more often to enhance the child's input to their own sense of gravity. For older children, let them play games such as swings and balance beams.

◆Plane Game

The parent lies on his back, stretches his arms upward, puts his hands on the child's front shoulders, bends his legs and supports the child's abdomen with his feet, while the child Raise your neck, open your arms, and stretch your legs together to resemble an airplane. At this time, you can rock it back and forth, left and right.

◆Towel Swinging Game

Wrap the child in a towel, and each parent will pull one end and shake it left and right or up and down. They can also instruct the child to throw to a fixed target while swinging.

Overly sensitive to touch

Main manifestations of the problem: partial eclipse, picky eating, not liking vegetables; eating hands or biting nails; unstable mood, prone to losing temper; timid and afraid of unfamiliar environments Black, clingy or nervous, withdrawn, afraid to show off; particularly sensitive to minor injuries and pain; unsociable or unable to play with others, and loves to provoke others.

Game methods

◆Bath games

1. Hot and cold water***: within a safe range, let children feel the benefits of different water temperatures **, you can mainly feel it with your hands. Parents can also demonstrate first and observe the child's performance.

2. Combing hair game: Use the tip of the comb to touch the child's scalp, and comb the hair along the way. You can also let the child do it by himself, which is helpful for the fine movement of the fingers and understanding of his own image.

3. Linen cloth brushing game: Use linen cloth to brush the child's arms, chest, back, and feet with medium force. You can tell stories or sing songs to maintain a relaxed atmosphere to prevent the child from being nervous. Towels, sponges, soft brushes, etc. can also be used instead.

◆Scratching Game

Let the child lie on the bed or sofa, scratch his armpits and chest, and control the amount of force and the intensity of the massage according to the child's reaction . If there is a strong reaction even in some parts that often come into contact with others, this game needs to be strengthened.

◆Towel roll game

Find a large, slightly rough towel, roll the child up, and then gently roll or press down. You can also use both hands to gently hold the child's body tightly. Each part, strengthen each... >>

Question 6: What is sensory integration training? The ability of the brain to integrate and respond comprehensively to sensory information received from the outside world, such as somatosensory, tactile, visual, auditory, olfactory, and taste information, is called sensory integration

Question 7: Sensory integration What kind of training is included in the course? What is sensory integration training? What role can it play?

This question is answered in several aspects:

1. Common problems and causes in children’s growth

2. The concept of sensory integration

3. Manifestations of sensory integration disorders

4. Physiological basis of sensory integration disorders

5. Harm of insufficient sensory integration

6. Feeling Countermeasures for Insufficient Integration

2 Sensory Integration Training - Phenomenon and Causes Editor Sensory Integration Trainers believe that the following phenomena are problems that are prone to occur in the development of ordinary children, and are not diseases. They are the human family system and activity space. Small sequelae are also a worldwide problem, and sensory integration can provide you with solutions and prevention methods.

Restless, inattentive

Afraid of certain subjects for no reason, with many psychological barriers

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Talks to oneself and cannot communicate with others

Falls or hits walls easily

Bits fingers or cannot stop pacifier

Clumsy and gets frustrated easily , Lack of self-confidence

Cannot write within the frame, strokes are often reversed

Stubborn, bad-tempered

Poor pronunciation, slow language development

Clingy, prone to crying, withdrawn and slow-tempered

Restless, with bad posture, unable to be quiet

Picky eaters, partial eclipse, poor eating habits

Like to climb high , but dare not walk on the balance beam

Afraid of others touching the body, prone to quarrels

Love spinning games, and will not get dizzy after too long

Eyes are easily sore, Hate reading

In 1970, problem children became increasingly serious in advanced countries in Europe, America and Japan. After hundreds of experts conducted joint research, Dr. Ailes from the University of Southern California finally proposed the theory of sensory integration disorder in 1972. , it is believed that the small family structure causes infants and young children to feel insufficient learning.

Else believes that the main reasons are:

Innate balance disorders caused by abnormal fetal position;

Vestibular balance disorders caused by too small space for movement and insufficient crawling ;

Parents are too busy, resulting in insufficient sensory function in the right brain of children;

Premature birth or caesarean section, resulting in insufficient tactile learning;

Grandparents adopt traditional methods , demanding too much or being too indulgent;

The mysophobic mother or nanny causes the child to have a lack of tactility and lack of activity;

Having too many demands and being too strict in discipline can lead to frustrations that can undermine the success of the child. ;

Overprotection or pampering, resulting in lack of body operation ability;

Using a walker too early, resulting in insufficient vestibular balance and head support;

Delayed correction results in children’s lack of self-confidence and the stereotype of bad habits;

After years of course practice and theoretical research, Smart Tree sensory training experts have drawn the following conclusions: In small families and urbanized life, adults There are too many demands for over-protection of young children, coupled with the rigid and tense parent-child relationship caused by fiercely competitive education methods, insufficient sensory integration. Problems with learning, life, and activity impairments caused by insufficient sensory integration are increasing.

Question 8: What is sensory integration class? The popular term for sensory integration disorder is: "There are very slight obstacles in the development of children's brains." Drugs are ineffective and must be corrected through training.

In other words, sensory integration disorder is not a disease.

Children with sensory integration disorders have normal intelligence, but there are obstacles in the coordination of the child's brain and various parts of the body, which prevents many excellent aspects from being expressed. Usually, children can easily correct sensory integration disorders through training before they are 12 years old. Once they are over 12 years old, they will be finalized, so small problems should be solved as soon as possible. My child attended sensory integration training at the Kangni Baobao Children's Mind and Body Center in Dalian. Classes, Taki is mainly a game class, children especially like it and the results are pretty good!