Sensory Integration

Exercise program for children from 2 years to around 12 years who show signs of sensory integration issues, whether your child finds certain types of sensory input overwhelming or has a strong need for specific kinds of sensory stimulation. Sensory Integration includes a wide range of concrete sensory-stimulating exercises as well as sensorimotor games and activities that help create better balance in everyday life.

  • Prioritized, simple exercises
  • Designed for busy families
  • Illustrated with pictures & videos
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Program description

Children who are physically very restless, constantly put things or fingers in their mouth or fidget with objects, shout a lot, or self-stimulate are described as sensory seeking. With this behaviour, they try to increase the amount of sensory input because some of their senses register sensory input too weakly. The child therefore has to do more in order to feel comfortable in their body and get the regulation they need.

Other children are sensory avoiding. They may be very sensitive to clothing labels, loud noises, certain types of touch, bright light, textures, or tastes, or they may simply often feel quickly overstimulated. Contrary to sensory seeking kids the cause here is that the nervous system perceives input too strongly, so it feels overwhelming and uncomfortable.

Even though sensory seeking and sensory avoiding behaviours can look like opposites, they actually have the same underlying cause, namely that the processing of sensory input is (still) not working optimally. The same child may react in a sensory seeking with respect to some types of input and in a sensory avoiding way w.r.t others, and this can even vary at different times. In fact, it is most common for children to show both patterns.

What all children with sensory difficulties have in common is that we can support them in processing sensory input more effectively. You can do this by paying attention in everyday life to whether your childโ€™s senses are getting the right amount of input. For some kinds of input, your child may need less, and for others, more. In this program, you will learn how to put this into practice in daily life.

This program contains the best exercises for basic sensory stimulation that are easy to do at home, even in a busy family routine. You will also find background knowledge and lots of practical tips and concrete inspiration for how you can easily introduce regulating, sensorimotor games and activities at home.

This program is one of several in the category Sleep & Sensory Integration – read about the differences in the program overview. Please find answers to frequently asked questions below. If you are still unsure which program is the right one for your child, you are very welcome to send an email to maria@develobaby.com.

Frequently asked questions to Sensory Integration

Motor restlessness is a common term for when a child is seeking sensory input. This means that the child tries to stimulate their senses in order to calm down. Most common signs are:

  • Increased physical restlessness, an increased need to rock, moving the head from side to side.
  • High need for swaddling, weighted blankets, constant movement or being physically in touch with mom or dad (joint sense)
  • Strong need to suck or nuzzle something (tactile sense).

Not at all! Many children have some degree of it. Today, we just know that sensory stimulation helps a lot of them to calm down.

Yes, definitely! Motor restlessness can be the reason why your child doesn’t settle down and therefore doesn’t fall asleep. And poor sleep is poor sleep whether it occurs during the day or at night.

Yes, this is even common. I affectionately call these children “zapper kids”. They are restless during the day but go out like a light at night.

It depends on how strong your child’s motor and communication skills are:

  • DeveloBaby Sleep for babies under the age of 2 years, with exercises you do on your baby, as well as a whole lot of advice on so-called good sleep hygiene.
  • Sensory Integration for kids above the age of two years contains the same exercises but adapted for children over 2 years of age, as well as sensory motor play activities that the child performs themselves (guided by you).

It works for those kids where sensory integration is the cause of the difficult sleep. However, if the cause is something else (ears, stomach, etc.) then it needs to be combined with treatment for this. Baby sleep is sometimes complex, so the exercises should be seen as one important tool in the toolbox. Some people just need other tools to get the job done.

It depends on how familiar you already are with motor restlessness and sensory integration. As a starting point, I have created โ€œmotor restlessnessโ€ for parents. I have intentionally written the program in an easily digestible language, as my target group is sleep-deprived parents who are not interested in reading background knowledge on the subject at a high professional level. The idea behind my entire project is that you donโ€™t have to read a lot of thick books to get the important knowledge needed to help your child. I have boiled it down so that everyone can understand what Iโ€™m talking about. See also here under terms and conditions before you purchase.

Frequently asked questions to exercise programs

After completing the purchase process successfully, you can access your exercise program here on the develobaby.com. During payment, enter your email address and password. After successful payment, you will see an additional heading in the menu called “My Programs”, including links to all the exercise programs you have purchased access to. You could be reading your first program in under 60 seconds from purchasing. When you come back to DeveloBaby.com after a few days, the system will have logged you out automatically. Then simply log in again with your email address as your username and the password you chose during the checkout process.

My exercise programs are accessible online here on DeveloBaby.com. As the programs contain video clips that couldn’t be played in PDF or other types of print, there is no downloadable or hard copy version. That said, using a PC/Mac you can in fact print the exercise programs you have purchased by pressing Ctrl+P on Windows and Command+P on MacOS when you are on the exercise program page. However, the programs are not specifically set up for this purpose, so it’s much nicer and more user-friendly to view it directly on your mobile, tablet or computer.

You have perpetual access. However, I am obliged to adhere to certain privacy data regulations (such as GDPR), which state that I cannot store customer data longer than necessary. Therefore, the system limits your access to one year at a time. When a year is about to expire, the system will automatically send you an email so you can easily extend your access if you want to keep it.

No, this would be against the terms & conditions. You purchase access for yourself and the people living in your household. If you, however, buy an exercise program as a grandparent, you can of course share the access with the person you bought it for. In contrast, if you are a manager in an institution and want to procure access to one or more exercise programs for your employees, please write to me so we can work out an agreement on multiple licenses. For contact details and more, please see my Terms and Conditions.

Current legislation states that the usual 14-day right of withdrawal does not apply to digital products. The reason for this is that it is virtually impossible to argue that you haven’t used digital products once you’ve logged in. Therefore, I do not generally offer refunds. Please read more about my return policy under Terms and Conditions.

Yes, I’ve gone to great lengths to explain each exercise in layman’s terms so that everyone can follow. There are also pictures and videos to accompany the exercises, where I perform the exercises on a real baby.

No, certainly not. In my exercise programs, I have put the exercises in prioritized order. There are a lot of exercises in each program, so in principle you can spend your whole day doing exercises if you find it enjoyable, but you can also choose to do the top three or top five, and therefore the most important ones. This makes the exercise programs suitable for everyone, no matter how much time and energy you have to spare.

The exercises are basically just strength training, just like when you go to the gym. They are designed to strengthen your child muscles wrt the exercise programs’ purpose, e.g. addressing back arching. Therefore, exercises will always make your child stronger. Whether your child achieves each milestone with good quality using the exercises depends, of course, on the starting conditions and whether there are any special conditions that would require a individually tailored approach. But no matter what, helping your child build a stronger body will never be in vain. For the vast majority, standardized exercises, as presented in my exercise programs, will help the child move on to the next milestone well and strongly.

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Disclaimer

All content on DeveloBaby.com is based on recognized professional standards in Denmark, and you can expect them to be in line with the advice you receive in the public health system. If you find that your child has pronounced sleep or motor challenges, or that there is a lack of effect from the general exercises, I recommend that you make an appointment with me, either in person or online, so that I can customize the program for your child. If your child is unwell, please always contact your health care provider or physician. Read full disclaimer…