HANDLE Re: feeding therapy session 2

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At the HANDLE 2-day, and in " The Fabric of Autism, " the information

about how the senses develop in concert with one another, and how they

work together, is presented. Tactile issues in the mouth or hearing

sensitivites affect digestion when individuals won't chew foods because

of the texture or because they're too loud when they're chewed.

Digestion begins in the mouth. HANDLE's assessment looks at the child

really differently from other assessments, and a school might label a

child " non-compliant " or a " behavior problem " or a " picky eater " , HANDLE

would look for reasons why, at a neurodevelopmental level, the child

might be using one sense to compensate for another. Part of what they

look at is gustation.

There are activities designed to integrate the senses in a

neurodevelopmental way, a kind of remediation.

If you have a child avoiding foods because she's ALLERGIC to them, or

she knows she has trouble digesting protein, that's one thing.

I just looked in the index at the back of " The Fabric of Autism, " and

there are two references to food allergies in her book. I don't have

time to read them--I need to be getting kids up a minute or two ago...

But if you have a picky eater due to problems at a neurological

integration of the senses level, that's another. HANDLE activities work

to remediate sensory integration neurology and assist people in using

their neurology the way it was designed, so that they eyes aren't

compensating for a lack of proprioception, for example (eyes

compensating for prop can be a reason for sleep problems).

Gotta run, be back later today, maybe,

PennY

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> I dunno. What is it?

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> Debi

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