| The sense of sight, smell, touch, taste and hearing | | | | below you. You'll feel that you are moving in a circular |
| are commonly known as the "5 Senses". These are all | | | | fashion as well as feel and hear the air as it passes |
| external senses, meaning that you pick up these | | | | through your arms and fingers. All of this information |
| types of sensory information from your environment. | | | | is processed together in the brain in many of the |
| There are 2 internal senses that are lesser known, | | | | same neurological structures. |
| but equally important and those are the sense of | | | | If any of these 7 senses aren't functioning optimally, |
| body movement and body awareness. Both provide | | | | symptoms of Sensory Processing Dysfunction (aka |
| your body with information about it's movement and | | | | Sensory Integration Disorder) may become evident. |
| position in relation to space and gravity. | | | | These symptoms are will vary greatly from person |
| Our senses are not individual channels of information. | | | | to the next in both characteristics and intensity. In |
| Everything in life is a multi-sensory event. For | | | | short, diagnosing someone with SID/SPD is really |
| example, imagine spinning a round in circles; your ams | | | | painting with a very broad brush. Learning about each |
| outstretched and eyes open. You will pick up sensory | | | | of the 7 senses and what is associated with each |
| information of the what you see as your circle the | | | | one is an important step in fully understanding your |
| room. You will have a sense of where you are in the | | | | child and how they perceive the world around them. |
| room, know that your feet are touching the ground | | | | |