Being A Parent Of A Child With A Disability

Being a responsible parent wanting your child with the best living environment and attending a great school for their education. Parents want to the foremost in their child’s best interest. Children do not know what necessary good is or bad for them. That is why it is as parent job to teach them as they growing up. Mold them right as a child therefore in their adult life most likely they will head down the right positive path. Even before the parent leaves the world they want to see their child being independent taking care of their self and doing well. This all will show the parent they did a splendid job as their father or mother. It is not an easy job being a parent and it does not come with an instruction book how to be one but, you can just do the best you can avoiding negative things around your child as much as possible.

Sensory processing is considered a theory and very subjective. So to answer the question is sensory processing disorder a real diagnosis depends on who is asked and how the question is asked. Many parents and Occupational Therapist believe that sensory processing disorder is a real condition. However, many professionals refute sensory processing as a disorder in isolation. Sensory processing disorder has had few setbacks the last couple of years. In 2012, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended that pediatricians not use sensory processing disorder as a diagnosis because there no evidence that supported it has a separate disorder. However, the American Academy of Pediatrics agree that some individual’s experience sensory processing difficulties. This was followed by the expert committee’s decision to not included sensory processing disorder in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM). It can take years to get a diagnosis in the DSM. Therefore, there is hope that sensory processing disorder will be included in the next edition of DSM. Among professionals, there is an agreement that some individuals have sensory difficulties. However, the disagreement

Sensory-processing problems are often one of the primary focuses of occupational therapists when treating individuals with ASD. This is because of the high frequency in which sensory processing problems occur within individuals

back and forth, biting their nails, stuttering, any body tics, hair sucking, chewing on pens or pencils,

We may not like loud noises, so we avoid crowds and clubs, or have textures issues, so we avoid slimy or squishy food, all without therapy. Our flight, fight, or freeze responses are our defense system again the unknown, but sensory processing treatment work on changing that response. With all of materials I compiled, I am in agreement that sensory processing disorder is the next “it” diagnosis for children. I do believe that children with Autism, ADHD, ADD, and Down Syndrome struggle with processing sensory information. However, there is no proof that sensory processing difficulties are not a byproduct or syndrome of the disability. More research is necessary in order to determine how and why sensory processing occurs and affects daily life. The goal for all educators is to provide students with the best education

Speech problems, some children don’t even talk at all, some may say a few words but they all use different ways of communication. Jerky, puppet-like movements, Stiff-legged walking style, hand flopping, hyperactive behavior, and some children have trouble sleeping. They are also loving, happy, and have social behavior, they are children easily moved to laughter. Intellectual disability- a child will have delayed development in all areas and disability is severe in most

Considering the characteristics discussed in class pertaining to Sensory Processing Disorder. Watch some of the videos provided-you do not need to view all unless you choose to do this.

Social work practice is an area of thought where much emphasis is put on new and more in depth discoveries of combating disadvantage. Three leading themes within social work research are critical awareness, the capacity to view aspects from new perspectives and mindfulness as opposed to rigid thinking (Alston & Bowles, 2012). Women with disabilities are more likely to report abuse then women without disabilities, and even abuse specific to their disabilities (Rich, 2014). Women with disabilities are more likely to face issues accessing services and support, and this can be linked to discriminatory stereotypes (Pestka & Wendt, 2014). This literature review has been done to help identify the current state of supports and interventions for these women with their disabilities and any children they may have accounted for, in their immediate and long-term support options and possible areas of change.

Are you aware of how SPD affects you or your child? Sensory processing disorder is a common disease that is usually found in kids from the ages two to the ages of seven and few adults. This disorder is a combination of emotions, it and also affects your balance, reflexes and posture.To strengthen and help your muscles most doctors would recommend physical therapy to help your you childs or even your daily living. While having SPD your going to have problems throughout you’re life, but most people are unaware of how having SPD affects you in your daily life.

Researchers recruited a seven year old girl diagnosed with moderate ASD as well as her primary caregiver, after receiving informed consent. Inclusion criteria for this study included a mild to moderate diagnosis of ASD, exhibition of sensory over-responsiveness to auditory stimuli to the point of disruption in daily routines or roles, tolerance of wearing headphones for a minimum of 15 minutes in a single sitting two times per day and between the ages of five and ten, as the SOR scale and the sensory processing measure (SPM) are best suited for the above-mentioned age range and were the instrumentation of choice for this study. The SPM is a caregiver questionnaire that is judgment based and explores auditory, visual, proprioceptive, vestibular functioning, tactile, praxis and social participation. The questionnaire has two forms; a school and home form, but for the purpose of this study only the home form was utilized. The SOR is an examiner-based observation measure which evaluates a child’s sensory over-responsiveness in the categories of the five senses (taste, smell, see, hear and touch) as well as vestibular and

In this article by Anne F. Farrell and Gloria L. Krahn “Family Life Goes On: Disability in Contemporary Families” discusses about understanding the implications of how disabilities influence family policies and practices. The article outlines how diverse families with disabilities, economic hardship they go through, stress and resilience, and support system within the family. The authors talk about despite the stress and resilience families go through while raising kids with disabilities, they manage by formal and informal support within each other. They state that, “[f]amily interconnections are forged through learning to manage the life challenges that having a disability can bring, and the sense of belonging we derive through family relationships.”

While we are students, learning to become occupational therapists, we are often going to come across a condition that we are unaware of and want to learn more about. For us, we came across Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), and did not know much about it. We understood that SPD had an impact on a child’s ability to take in sensory information and affect how his or her brain reacts to it. However, we did not know how it affected a child in their day-to-day living, so we developed a clinical question of ‘how does sensory processing disorder affected children in their everyday life?’

Although there are numerous kinds, a crucial sign can be a delay in reaching movement achievements, such as rolling over, standing, walking, or sitting. In newborns and young toddlers, a couple of signs can include feeling abnormally stiff or loose; in babies older than six months, those who have difficulty holding their hands together can very likely have cerebral palsy. Diagnosing cerebral palsy at a young age is vital to the children and their loved ones; it can take several steps (cdc.gov). The first step is developmental monitoring, which can also be described as surveillance. During this step, the child’s growth and development overtime is monitored closely; if health professionals find any signs out of the ordinary, a developmental screening will take place. Throughout a developmental screening, the child’s body movements are closely examined. If there are abnormalities, the doctor or healthcare professional will construct a referral for a medical and developmental examination, thereby diagnosing the specific

Sensory Processing Disorder is often mistaken for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), learning disabilities, poor auditory or visual discrimination, speech/language problems, allergies, nutritional deficiencies, an emotional disorder, or just typical child behavior (Kranowitz, p 21). Now there are procedures to diagnose SPD. First, a screening is performed. The screening is used to identify differences in development and judge if a more comprehensive screening is warranted. The primary importance of the screening is linking sensory impairments to challenges in functioning in life. If an

To have an effective classroom where all children’s needs are met teachers need to consider how to address those needs by modifying their classroom environment including children with sensory processing disorder. Sensory processing disorder is best defined to the way in which the nervous system accepts messages and convert them to responses. Therefore, information received in the brain does not function adequately based due to this disorder. Sensory processing disorder can affect one or multiple senses which can include: visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, gustatory, vestibular, proprioception, and interoception. The causes of this disorder are unknown, but it predicted that it is inherited, environmental factors, or prenatal or birth complication