Thank you. Wonderful post. As an Occupationl Thera...

Thank you. Wonderful post. As an Occupationl Therapist, I know that the brain and body requires various sensory input to react effectively. When one sensory system is lacking, other systems take over and over compensate at times. This is a nice overview of how sensory systems work to integrate a child into learning, compensating, and reacting to his environment. The more integrated a child is, the better he is to adapt to his environment and be able to process new information effectively.

www.otoutcomes.com/OT9.html

Strengths in a child are important. On a digression, my now 5th grade son has a wonderful teacher. Kevin enjoys him and enjoys learning. His 4th grade teacher repeatedly told Kevin what he did wrong. Yes, she would tell him what he did right, however the "wrong" "not good enough" words stayed in his brain and he lost confidence. Once a child loses confidence, it is very hard to pull him back and get him to take ownership of his work in school.

Great blog, Kerry. I love it :)