A few days ago, a client asked me a question I've heard at least once a week for the past year. Her three-year-old daughter, who is currently in occupational therapy for issues around sensory ...

Studies from Drexel University and the University of Fukui reveal alarming new insights into the effects of screen time on toddlers.

All individuals have preferences for certain sensory stimuli and process their sensory environments in individualized ways. Traditionally, understanding sensory processing differences has been a ...

In the search for a way to measure different forms of a condition called sensory processing disorder, neuroscientists are using imaging to see how young brains process sensory stimulation. Now, ...

Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) is a term that has gained widespread usage in schools across America over the last few years. The problem is that it isn't easily understood, there is no magic cure ...

PITTSFIELD — We all have our likes and dislikes. The food we eat. The clothes we wear. The places and situations we find either comfortable or somehow awkward, even scary or upsetting. For most of us, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. myboys.me/Shutterstock Have you ever noticed your child getting unusually upset by loud noises, or going out of their way to avoid ...

Sensory processing disorder (or SPD) is a neurological condition in which someone cannot interpret external or internal stimuli the way a “neurotypical” person would. You know your five senses: sight, ...

"By age 2, we could not leave him alone for even a second for fear he would hurt himself, his sister or our pets. Then we discovered sensory processing disorder." The change is being made to help all ...

Depending on the sensory processing disorder (SPD), the best assistive devices for specific conditions can range from low-tech options to more advanced ones. Either way, the devices should engage the ...