How can play become a tool for building motor coordination, sensory processing, and speech development in children? That is ...

Sensory deprivation tank therapy may support relaxation, improve sleep, and decrease stress, anxiety, and pain. It may have other health benefits as well. A sensory deprivation tank, also called an ...

The Sensory Studio, a young children’s indoor recreation and sensory play center and the only indoor play space with a sandpit, re-opened this weekend at its newly combined location with FUNctional ...

People with autism are often portrayed in popular media as experiencing difficulty processing highly stimulating or overly loud environments. While this is certainly true for many, there can be a wide ...

A therapy with a name that sounds straight out of “Sesame Street” has stepped in to help Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia patients improve their memory and response to their environment, while staving ...

A sensory deprivation tank cuts a person off from as many sensory inputs as possible. Some research suggests it may help ease anxiety, relax muscles, and reduce pain. Although current research ...

Here’s a look at how occupational therapy provides gentle guidance for infants and their families, by building them essential ...

If you visit a flotation therapy center, you’ll put in earplugs and step into a rounded, podlike tub big enough for a tall person to lie back and stretch out. Depending on the center’s policies, you ...

Since I wrote about the differences between autism and sensory processing disorder, SPD, I’ve received many e-mails from parents asking for help recognizing SPD or accessing treatment for the ...

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 ...