sensory integration therapy

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has anyone out there had any experience with sensory integration therapy????????????

What is sensory integration therepy?
i've never heard of it!

I had sh*tloads of sensory intergration problems as a kid, so it would have been so nice to have it available back then. But how does it work? Does it work the same was as phobia treatments?

sounds interesting, and somewhat useful =)

they put you on a table with headphones playing music, and above you they turn on this multicolored light and as you listen to the music the table your laying on moves almost in a circular motion. Not big circles just enough for you to feel, this is suppose to help all of your senses communicate therefore aiding in the recovery of autism, aspergers, etc. there is this website sensoryinternational.com, or something like that.

They also do things like brushing and joint compressions. The OT was going to show me how to do the joint compression for my son and she took my arm and proceeded to bang the two bones together at my elbow and I stopped her because I though it was quite painful. So - I didn't bother to try it on my son. I also didn't like that it said the brushing and joint compressions could make behavior worse.

I thought that sensory integration therapy is when they take a person out on, say, a playground. They have him sit and rock back and forth on a swing. As he rocks back and forth on the swing, they hand him a ball. They tend to have him bounce the ball or throw it back and forth to a person. This might prove to be a problem for me, because my eye-to-hand coordination isn't good. Maybe it might help, but I don't know.

The above might sound quite stimulating, too. At first, I thought it would be annoying, but then after thinking about it, it might actually prove to be enjoyable. I hardly ever get dizzy, and I'd probably tell them to turn the table even faster, because that's how I'd like it...

- Ray M -

It sounds mildly unpleasant. Are there many people who it helped?

I'd also love to hear more about this--I'm looking for an OT because my senses are so overwhelmed/overstimulated these days...