Sensory Integration Therapy

Healing the nervous system and providing the child with the safe and secure foundation for healthy emotional and cognitive development

Every waking moment, children take in information through their senses, process that information, cross-reference it to past experience, and then make appropriate responses to the world around them. 

In children with sensory integration disorders, their senses of touch, balance, proprioception, vision and hearing tend to overreact or under react  causing an inability to stay present to the task at hand. This task can be academic, relational, body movement etc.

In my work, we are able to help fine-tune their senses, so that the child can have an accurate  and balanced response to stimuli. As a result, the child has less anxiety, and increased adaptability; they feel safer in a variety of environments because they know what to expect and how to engage with their world in a creative and relational way.

Benefits of Sensory Integration Therapy

Sensory Integration Therapy can bring tremendous results. With the proper intervention, the child is able to:

  • Interact with their peers

  • Remain focused on a task until completion

  • Gain confidence in exploring new areas of skill

  • Follow classroom requirements

  • Be creative with new ideas

  • Use refined, fine motor skills for classroom activities

  • Express more joy in their everyday life

“Sarah helped us to look more clearly as to which sensation was causing the disruption.”

“My adopted child suffered from his biological mother having ingested both opioids and alcohol. Initially every touch, every movement , every diaper change, every bath was a traumatic experience. When Sarah came into our life she began helping us to look more clearly as to which sensation was causing the disruption. We slowed down, we did massage, we protected his ears. Every time I brought a new issue to Sarah, she helped us to problem-solve and it slowly resolved. At 18 months, my son is a happy, joyful, child. I am so grateful to Sarah for having peeled away the layers of his many issues.”