Sensory Processing

What is it?

Sensory processing is defined as: the organization of sensory information from the body and the external world that allows a person to interact effectively with their physical and social environments.

Sometimes children experience difficulties with sensory processing, and may exhibit difficult behaviors.

Contrary to popular belief, we have more than 5 senses. Our senses include: proprioception (our body in space), tactile (touch), vestibular (movement), visual (sight), auditory (hearing), oral-sensory (feeding), and interoception (understanding and feeling what's going on inside our body)

Children may be hyper (over) responsive or hypo (under) responsive to sensory input. You can use the sensory processing checklists below to see if your child may have difficulties with sensory processing. If your child has difficulties, reach out to one of our therapists for an evaluation!