The Five Basic Senses The Lesser Known Senses Behavior, Sensory or Communication? What's in Your Tool Bag? Calming Sensory Strategies
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What is the Visual System?
Tied to the sense of balance and all that we see including shapes, color, orientation and motion.
100
What is the Vestibular System or sense of balance
Contributes to balance and orientation in space. It is the leading system informing us about movement and position of head relative to gravity.
100
What is lack of communication skills
Cause of a child to flee or become frustrated.
100
What is Squish Box
A place for a student to sit to provide deep pressure and flexion for calming and increasing attention.
100
What is a bear hug
Type of hug that provides deep pressure.
200
What is the Auditory System
This system is used to perceive sounds.
200
What are the visual and vestibular systems
These two systems work together to support balance and orientation.
200
What is sensory or tactile sensitivity
Child is accidentally bumped and strikes out.
200
What are toys
Children's tools for play.
200
What is bear walking, walking like a puppy
Types of walks children enjoy.
300
What is the Tactile System or sense of touch.
This system allows us to perceive soft, hard, bumpy, scratchy, itchy, smooth, etc.
300
What is Interoception
Refers to sensations related to the physiological/physical condition of the body. Internal sensors that provide a sense of what our internal organs are feeling. Hunger and thirst are examples.
300
What is sensory or sensory seeking of vestibular and proprioceptive input.
Child is in constant motion
300
What are light spinners
Provides both visual and vestibular input and is fun for kids to operate.
300
What is Pete's a Pizza
A pretend game that provides sensory input based on a book - it can also be very tasty!
400
What is the Gustatory System or sense of taste?
Allows you to perceive sour, sweet, salty and bitter.
400
What is Proprioception
This system senses the position, location, orientation, and movement of the body muscles and joints.
400
What is communication/lack of communication skills.
Child bites in frustration when their needs cannot be met.
400
What oral fidgets
Oral chews - chewelry, crunchy foods such as pretzels.
400
What is marching or stomping
This type of 'walking' provides deep pressure to the feet and legs. Soldiers also walk this way.
500
What is the Olfactory System or sense of smell?
This system allows you to perceive Lavender and Vanilla
500
What is Proprioception
Provides us with the sense of the relative position of neighboring parts of the body and effort used to move body parts.
500
What is sensory/visual sensitivity/over stimulation.
Child can look at books, toys, etc. for only very brief lengths of time.
500
What are hand fidgets
Small objects to manipulate with hands/fingers to assist in gaining and maintaining a student’s attention to lessons.
500
What is a sensory snake
This heavy reptile provides calming through deep pressure input.






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