Interoception sensory processing

🧠 Discover Your Child's Hidden Superpowers! 🧩 Ever wonder why your child reacts a certain way? 🤔 It all starts with the 8 sensory systems: Visual 👀, Olfactory 👃, Tactile ✋, Gustatory 👅, Interoception 🫀, Vestibular 🎢, Proprioception 🦶, and Auditory 👂. Dr. Stephen Porges stated "Sensory experiences drive our behavior and contribute to the organization of our thoughts and emotions.”. 📚 But what happens when there's a glitch in the system? Sensory dysregulation can lead to unexpected…

Occupational Therapy ABC on Instagram: “PROPRIOCEPTION. The proprioceptive system is located in our muscles and joints. It provides us with a sense of body awareness and…”

Interoception helps baby know how they're feeling on the inside. Learn how to it helps baby with feeling hungry and potty training.

Our Sensory System We receive input from our eight senses about the world around us and inside us. Yes, eight. The first five you are likely already familiar with, taste, sight, touch, smell, and hearing. The other three senses are interoception, proprioception, and vestibular. Interoception helps us understand and feel what is going on inside […]

What is Interoception? The 8th sensory system.

Interoceptive Awareness can be integrated into Sensory Processing

Our bodies are very skilled at communicating with the brain. However, some may have more trouble than others. Learn about what interoception is and how you can improve yours.

Sensory Diet resources and printable handouts to develop and implement sensory activities for children and students with sensory processing difficulties.

Interoception is the awareness of bodily sensations. It is the sense of knowing the internal condition of your body. I explain what the 8th sensory system is and how it works below.

Learn about the 8 senses of the body that make up sensory processing, how they work, what they each do, and how the 8 senses relate to kids with sensory processing difficulties.

These Sensory Diet Ideas for Sensory Seekers may be helpful if your child struggles with sensory processing disorder and needs extra sensory feedback. Work them in throughout the day to help the child regulate their

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Vestibular input activities can provide great stimulation for active sensory seeking kids which can keep their sensory needs met for hours. #sensoryinput #sensoryplay

Have you heard of interoception before? There are receptors inside our organs that send information to the brain that help regulate vital functions like body temperature, hunger, heart rate and more. For kids with sensory processing issues, their brains may have trouble making sense of this information and may have issues with self-regulation.

What is interoception? It is very important for daily life functioning making to help children with emotional regulation.

Proprioception relates to how aware we are of what is happening outside the body (body awareness). Learn how to support your child's proprioception needs.