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	<title>Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) &#187; Health</title>
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		<title>The new sensory room at Charleroi Area School District is a feast for the senses</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Multi-colored lights swirl against the walls and fiber-optic threads lying across the floor sparkle and slowly shift colors. 

In one corner, the rumbling vibration from the brightly lit towers of bubbles can be heard while melodic, soothing New Age music floats down from the ceiling, enveloping the room and making it seem to gently pulsate.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Activities for Autistic Children</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SPD Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Autism]]></category>
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Parents, teachers, and other caregivers often get so caught up in educating and providing structure to the lives of autistic children that they forget that, above all, he or she is a child. Like any other child in his or her age group, your autistic child wants to have fun. While some activities may not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feeding Therapy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last year, therapists are not the only ones who have been asking questions regarding early intervention. Parents have often written in and asked pressing questions regarding their child&#8217;s speech and feeding skills and development. 

&#8220;I have a 16 month old who is just starting feeding therapy. She hardly chews her food, won&#8217;t try/eat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hippotherapy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SPD Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Therapeutic riding is a specialized equine activity that provides physical, emotional, and psychological benefits to individuals with special needs. It is a series of adaptive riding lessons, which are individually designed based on the rider’s goals. Through carefully planned activities developed by a health professional and a certified riding instructor, the horse is used as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sensory Integration Deficiency Disorder</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SPD Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sensory Integration Deficiency Syndrome, Sensory Integration Disability Disorder, Sensory Issues&#8230;Yeah, there are many names for this disorder, and it seems like they&#8217;re all long and difficult to pronounce. If you&#8217;ve been diagnosed as having this disorder chances are you were diagnosed by an occupational therapist. Hit it on the head, huh? Well, here&#8217;s why&#8230;

An occupational [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whose Kid is THAT?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SPD Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michelle Kemper Brownlow: His siren-like scream has moms from three counties speed-dialing Child Protective Services. He flails his body, hits his head, and screams louder. The moms who haven&#8217;t called for backup are giving me &#8220;that look.&#8221; Admit it, you would be, too.

There goes my Mother-of-the-Year award, and all because of three simple things: the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does prematurity lead to an extra-sensitive kid?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SPD Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately, I’ve been wondering as I observe my 5-year-old who was born nearly six weeks early: Are children who were born prematurely more likely to be extra-sensitive when it comes to noise, food, pain, etc.?  

After comparing notes with another mom of a child born prematurely, I decided to find out more. I talked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>International Expert to Present Ground-Breaking Workshops on Sensory Awareness to Help Kids Concentrate and be &#8216;Sensory Safe&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SPD Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Diana Henry, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA introduces Sensory Processing Tools to improve behavior in children who struggle behaviorally and emotionally. 

Imagine wearing a piece of sandpaper down the back of your shirt… or trying to sit still in a lecture when the air conditioner sounds like fingers scraping down a blackboard… or trying to walk across [...]]]></description>
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