Define the term Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD).
Explain the impact of the Sensory Processing Disorder on learning.
Identify sensory seekers, sensory avoiders, and sensory under-responders.
Describe the behaviors and red flags for children who are visual avoiders, visual seekers, visual under-responders, auditory avoiders, auditory seekers, and auditory under-responders; tactile avoiders, tactile seekers, and tactile under-responders; vestibular avoiders, vestibular seekers, and vestibular under-responders; proprioception seekers, proprioception avoiders, and proprioception under-responders.
Explain why young children who receive quality early intervention have a greater probability of succeeding in school and life.
Design an environment to support the sensory development of all children.
List suggestions for helping preschoolers with sensory disorders for problems related to visual processing, auditory processing, tactile processing, vestibular processing, and proprioception processing.
Identify simple, low cost classroom items that will be beneficial to children with sensory-integration problems.
