| Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) was discovered | | | | would be a fairly straightforward process for keeping |
| by Jean Ayres, Ph.D. about 40 years ago. Symptoms | | | | things figured out. Someone with SID, however, |
| of SID in children are often misinterpreted as | | | | doesn't experience it quite like this. |
| psychological problems or just plain bad behavior. | | | | When someone is dealing with SID, their brain is |
| Higher cognitive functions including things such as | | | | getting mixed signals. At times, the red "wire "might |
| learning and behavior depend upon having normal | | | | be visual information; at other times, it might be the |
| sensory integration. | | | | blue "wire" that is shuttling the visual data. Then, |
| As a psychologist, I am sad to say that when I was | | | | there may be times when the red "wire" is carrying |
| in graduate school, (1982 - 1987) that this disorder | | | | both visual and auditory information. Can you see |
| wasn't talked about much. At this time I am often | | | | how this might be very confusing for the brain to |
| involved with families who have a child with Sensory | | | | interpret? |
| Integration Disorder. | | | | This sounds like a rather complex challenge, does it |
| Imagine, if you will, that for each of your 5 senses, | | | | not? One could argue that it is, I suppose, but I've |
| there is a wire of a different color that leads the | | | | never been one for building a "case" for difficulty. |
| information form that particular sense, into your brain. | | | | Instead, I prefer to gather evidence for possibility. |
| For example, for the information that comes in from | | | | In short, when neurofeedback is helpful for those |
| your eyes, or your visual senses, you might imagine a | | | | with SID, it's as though neurofeedback is able to |
| red wire; and blue one for hearing (auditory), etc. | | | | teach the brain to start recognizing the "wires" |
| Now, assuming that your brain was able to notice | | | | accurately and stop acting "color blind" when it comes |
| what color of "wire" the information was coming | | | | to incoming sensory information. And, why shouldn't |
| from, and knew that the red "wire" was information | | | | everyone's brain learn to clearly interpret sensory |
| from your eyes, and blue was from your ears, it | | | | information? |