Reflection

This blog has covered the six senses of...

• Vestibular
• Proprioception
• Tactile
• Visual
• Auditory
• Olfactory/Gustatory
  

Researching these topics for my blog has been incredibly helpful for me in terms of providing me with practical ideas for interventions for children with SID. I have learnt a lot about the different senses and ways to modulate these during treatment.

The specific activity examples made in this blog have been from Case-Smith 1998, Kranowitz, 2003 and suggestions from practicing occupational therapists.

Gustatory/Olfactory

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Imagine...you walk into your neighbours house and her house smells like wonderful baking, but after a few minutes in the house you cant smell the baking anymore. This is an example of your olfactory system in full swing.

Working with a child to calm a hyper-responsive gustatory/olfactory system, activities for a child avoiding gustatory/olfactory input
Therapeutic activities should include:
Sweet or mildly salty flavours or scents (Case-Smith, 1998)

Specific activity examples:
Suck Push Pops or other hard lollies
Smell & tell, try to identify smells
Playing with round objects, kick, squeeze, throw balls or balloons then try round food like Cheerios.

Arousing a hypo-responsive gustatory/olfactory system or activities for a child seeking gustatory/olfactory input
Therapeutic activities should include:
Sour, bitter, spicy or smokey flavours or scents (Case-Smith, 1998)

Specific activity examples:
Lemonade in a drink bottle
Sour lollies or Big Red chewing gum
Spices
Taste & tell, lots of different smells, tastes and textures on a plate, e.g. raw onion, mustard and cornflakes

Case-Smith, J. (1998). Pediatric occupational therapy and early intervention (2nd ed.). Woburn, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann.

Kranowitz, C. S. (2003). The out-of-sync child has fun. New York: Penguin Putnam Inc.

This is a great website on SID, check it out!

http://www.sinetwork.org/

Auditory Sense

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Imagine... you are in a busy airport, there is a baby crying behind you, a couple chatting infront of you and you are listening to an announcement over the PA system about your flight. This is an example of your auditory system working to prioritise auditory information.

When working with a child to calm a hyper-responsive auditory system or providing activities for a child avoiding auditory input therapeutic activities should involve:
Low volume rhythmic music, vibration or speech (Case-Smith, 1998)

Specific activity examples:
Music with heartbeat rhythms
Nursery rhymes
Skipping rhymes
Soft music
Tapping tunes

Arousing a hypo-responsive auditory system or activities for a child seeking auditory input therapeutic activities should involve:
Moderate volume hard rhythmic, verbal language or music (Case-Smith, 1998).

Specific activity examples:
Loud music with a driving beat
Singing
Loud nursery rhymes
Loud skipping rhymes
Musical chairs
Matching sounds with beans or rice

Case-Smith, J. (1998). Pediatric occupational therapy and early intervention (2nd ed.). Woburn, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann.

Kranowitz, C. S. (2003). The out-of-sync child has fun. New York: Penguin Putnam Inc.