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Wednesday, March 18 – Sensory Integration: “What is Sensory Integration?” with Jessica Vecore, Director of Occupational Therapy & Sensory Integration Programs at Kaufman Children’s Center for Speech, Language, Sensory-Motor and Social Connections, Inc.
There are seven senses that form the foundation of sensory integration, they are: visual, auditory, touch, smell, taste, vestibular (pull of gravity) and proprioception (body awareness and movement). These senses give us information about both our external environment and our internal environment. Our brain uses this information to form a composite picture of which we are physically, where we are, and what is going on around us. Sensory integration is the ciritical function of the brain that is responsible for producing this composite picture. Sensory integration is the foundation that allows for complex learning and behavior.

Jessica Vecore will provide parents with an overview of Sensory Integration as well as samples of treatment ideas.