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Integration Therapy
Sensory integration therapy is based
on A. Jean Ayres' theory of Sensory Integration.
Ayres' Sensory Integration (ASI) is a theory that
describes how the neurological process of processing
and integrating sensory information from the body
and the environment contribute to emotional
regulation, learning, behavior, and participation in
daily life, empirically derived disorders of sensory
integration an intervention approach. “Sensory
integration theory is used to explain why
individuals behave in particular ways, plan
intervention to ameliorate particular difficulties,
and predict how behavior will change as a result of
intervention”. Sensory integration theory originated
from the work of A. Jean Ayres, PhD, OTR, an
occupational therapist and psychologist, whose
clinical insights and original research
revolutionized occupational therapy practice with
children. Dr. Ayres wrote "Sensory Integration is
the organization of sensations for use. Our senses
give us information about the physical conditions of
our body and the environment around us...The brain
must organize all of our sensations if a person is
to move and learn and behave in a productive
manner".
The neurological process of sensory integration is a
“particular way of viewing the neural organization
of sensory information for functional behavior”. It
is studied by different professions on diverse
levels (e.g., by occupational therapists as a
foundation for occupational performance and
participation, by psychologists on a cellular level
as Multi-Sensory Integration.
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