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Janice M. Agarwal, PT, NDT All children born with abnormal tone, including those with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS), have Sensory Integration (SI) deficiencies. SI is the neurological process by which one organizes sensation from their own body (balance, body awareness, touch, sound, sight, taste) and sensation from the environment to make it possible to use the body effectively within the environment. Children with PWS have normal central nervous systems with disordered brain-body relationships. Children with PWS benefit from methods that teach one’s body to learn (often for the first time) how to process normal sensory input to generate normally organized brain-body movements and behavior. This presentation will focus on and will give examples on how to improve integration of vestibular, proprioceptive, tactile, visual, and oral-motor senses to treat the behavioral and motor challenges of PWS.
edited: 02/09/2012 |