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 ...

Q: Can you please discuss sensory processing disorder? Our 17-year-old daughter has it, but help is sketchy. What kind of professional is best to deal with this disorder? So far, all we know is what ...

Children learn and develop through play. A child’s job is to have fun and develop basic self care, motor and developmental skills. Therapeutic play for special kids Occupational therapy is a fun, ...

Eating disorders are complicated mental illnesses characterized by a disruption in a person’s eating patterns, leading to mental and physical complications. Sensory processing disorder (SPD) is a ...

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, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There is no universally accepted framework for diagnosing children who present with sensory-based problems, ...

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, ...

Picture this: You’re standing in a grocery store when the child in the cart 10 feet away from you lets out a blood-curdling scream and covers his ears, seemingly unprovoked. The store is quiet aside ...

“Everybody thinks they’re ‘a bad kid,’” said Lucy Jane Miller of the Sensory Therapies and Research Center in Greenwood Village, Colo. “But they’re not a bad kid, they’re just misunderstood.” (ERIN ...

Sensory processing disorder is one of those peculiarly modern diseases caught in the purgatory between legitimacy and quackery. It’s widely accepted that some children have difficulty handling ...

When EMT Saranika Griffith goes on emergency calls for Lancaster EMS, she is prepared with medical supplies and lifesaving equipment. She also carries an extra bag with tools of a different kind: ...