Very preterm infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) experience alterations in sensory experiences. Defining types, timing and frequency of sensory-based interventions that ...

I specialize in working with individuals living with challenges related to trauma, grief, separation and loss, as well as sensitive sexual and relational issues. I use a great deal of ...

A peer-reviewed study led by Stanford University and published in Nature Communications shows that intensive, evidence-based reading instruction not only improves reading skills in children with ...

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers evaluate the health-related outcomes of nature-based interventions (NBIs) in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Study: ...

A review in the Journal of Clinical Nursing on the effects of sensory stimulation concluded that most kinds of sensory stimulation reduced agitation, anxiety, aggression, depression and improved the ...

Research highlights the effect of temperature on our awareness of our own bodies, improving our understanding of “skin-to-brain” signals Wide range of potential applications including sensory-based ...

Kanner, in his ground-breaking “Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact” (1943), described numerous examples of atypical sensory processing in his case studies of autistic children, as well as how ...

Sensory processing disorders are conditions that affect how the brain processes sensory information. They can cause over or undersensitivity to sensory information, including sight, sound, and touch.

"One of the most striking new findings is that the children with SPD show even greater brain disconnection than the kids with a full autism diagnosis in some sensory-based tracts," said Elysa Marco MD ...