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A Critique of the Application of Sensory Integration Therapy to Children with Learning Disabilities.
Peer reviewedHoehn, Theodore P.; Baumeister, Alfred A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
This article critically examines issues of whether children with learning disabilities differentially exhibit concomitant problems in sensory integration (SI) and whether such children are helped by SI therapy. It concludes that research findings indicate that SI therapy is not merely unproven but a demonstrably ineffective remedial treatment for…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Outcomes of Treatment
Peer reviewedFrostig, Marianne; Maslow, Phyllis – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1979
The paper deals with the effects of general experiences and specific educational practices on the structure and functioning of the central nervous system. (CL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Learning Disabilities, Memory, Motivation
Peer reviewedKaplan, Bonnie J.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1993
This study analyzed the efficacy of sensory integration treatment by combining data from a study of 96 Canadian children (29 from Alberta and 67 from Ontario children and all aged 5-8). Results indicate that the therapeutic effect of sensory integration treatment is not greater than other, more traditional methods of intervention. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Achievement, Outcomes of Treatment
Peer reviewedDePauw, Karen Pamelia – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1978
Investigated was the effect on the sensory integration of 24 aphasic students, of a 7-month sensorimotor program-designed to stimulate the tactile, vestibular, and proprioceptive systems; motor planning ability; bilateral integration; postural and equilibrium responses; visual form and space perception; and motor development. ( DLS)
Descriptors: Aphasia, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities
