In the process of children's growth, it is normal to have some unexpected situations. For example, some children are slow in language development, timid, clingy, grumpy, with uncoordinated limbs and poor sense of balance. In view of these situations, parents hope that their children can improve through the induction class. So, what is a "sensory system"?
Sensory integration refers to the coordinated learning process between the brain and the body, and refers to the ability of the body to effectively use its senses in the environment and obtain information from the environment through different sensory pathways (vision, hearing, taste, smell, touch, vestibular proprioception, etc.). ) and input the brain to make an adaptive response to information processing. Called the "sensory system"
To put it simply, when peeling an orange, vision lets us know that it is yellow (when ripe) and round, touch lets us know that it has a rough skin and juicy flesh, smell tells us that it has fragrance, taste tells us that it is sour and sweet, and when we weigh it by hand, proprioception tells us that it is heavy. Only by combining these objective feelings can we form a subjective perception of oranges as a whole. Through this cognition, children know that oranges are round and can be played as balls. It can make people feel pain, knowing that it is juicy and delicious can quench their thirst.
Developmental stages of children's sensory integration ability
1. Primary sensory integration stage (before 3 years old): eye movement posture, adjustment of body balance, muscle tension and sense of gravity security.
2. Intermediate sensory integration stage (3 to 7 years old): coordination of body perception, action plan, activity and emotional stability.
3. Advanced sensory integration stage (7 years old to adolescence): speaking language, hand-eye coordination, visual perception and concentration.
vestibular sensation
1. Maintain normal posture: control the head and trunk, maintain body balance, and feel the change of posture.
2. The basis of sports development: the perception and judgment of sports, to ensure the direction, amplitude and stability of body movement.
3. Promote brain development: input information of gravity and posture.
4. Keep individuals awake and alert: improve the ability to distinguish between goals and non-goals, and improve effective and efficient learning.
basis
5. Ensure that other sensory information is meaningful: efficiently obtain mobile visual stimuli and judge visual space.
proprioceptive sense
1. Feel the movement state and promote the development of brain function: feel the degree of muscle output and the position and orientation of limbs in space.
2. Promote the development of sports and improve the expressive force of behavior: the concept of position development and position transfer of various parts of the body.
sense of touch
1. Sensory function: help people feel and distinguish different types of senses in nature (cold and hot, shape, smoothness, roughness, etc. ).
2. Defense and protection function: avoid foreign objects and enhance your sense of security.
3. Muscle and mental relaxation
4. Convey emotions between individuals: convey feelings of intimacy, kindness and warmth, and accept tactile stimuli such as touching and hugging intimacy.
The phenomenon of sensory imbalance
Vestibular dysfunction
Insufficient response: weak safety awareness, hyperactivity, easy distraction, poor ability to obey and execute instructions, poor sense of balance, like exciting games, behavioral problems, improper use of force, feeling rude, etc.
Sensitive reaction: especially afraid of the change of high and low speed, not easy to get in touch with new things, nausea and vomiting after rotating and shaking, easy to get carsick, afraid of hanging, timid dependence, lack of spatial concept, bad sense of direction, etc.
Abnormal ontological function
Large-scale sports are slow to develop, slow to move, clumsy, easy to fall, often bruised, unwilling to exercise, lazy in doing things, poor in action planning ability and poor in learning new things.
Abnormal tactile function
Insufficient reaction: sticky, easy to bump, but not easy to be noticed by yourself. I like sucking and biting my fingers. I have a lot of activities, climbing up and down, which is inexhaustible energy. Emotional instability, ups and downs, etc.
Sensitivity: I don't like haircuts, shampoos and manicures. Emotional instability. I am more afraid of life and have a heavy sense of dependence. There will be too defensive actions to hit people and reason. Low tolerance for setbacks and poor adaptability to the environment.
The difference between sensory integration class and physical fitness class
Sensory training exercises children's brain function, which is not only to make children jump, climb up and down, toss and turn, but also to carry out targeted, appropriate and sufficient physical sensory stimulation activities in the form of games, so that children can realize the process of self-cognition and self-exploration in games. It is more flexible in the process of body-brain interaction.
Physical education class mainly exercises children's physical fitness, strengthens children's muscles and bones, enhances muscle endurance, strength and explosive power, and improves various sports skills in many aspects.
The importance of sensory integration
The manifestations of sensory integration disorder will not gradually disappear with age. /kloc-before the age of 0/2, professional sensory integration training can greatly improve the child's condition. Once you exceed this age, it will be difficult to change and will affect your child's life. Therefore, parents must prevent their children from feeling out of balance as soon as possible. Welcome to consult us about children's sensory disorders! ! !