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Study Sensory Processing Disorder Awareness Online Course and Learn Everything You Need to Know About Sensory Processing Disorder

Sensory Processing Disorder describes a difference in the way that some people's senses are processed by the brain. This course provides an in-depth understanding of the condition, including the symptoms and behaviors associated with it, diagnosis, prevalence, history, therapies, and interventions, and how you can provide support.

Although awareness has recently increased, it can still be difficult to get a diagnosis of Sensory Processing Disorder. This makes it is particularly important to know the symptoms of the condition and the behaviors that present themselves in the young children and adults who suffer from it. The sooner it can be diagnosed, the better, as modifications to the environment can be made and the right support can be put in place before self-esteem and self-confidence issues arise. The course explains the common symptoms that can occur in children and adults and the ways in which these are often misinterpreted.

As getting a diagnosis of Sensory Processing Disorder can sometimes be difficult, this course outlines the routes you may take in gaining help and the obstacles that you may come up against. The history of the condition is also explained, along with what research is being made into the causes of the condition and the differences in how its prevalence is perceived.

Currently, it is Occupational Therapists who are the leaders in the field, as far as intervention and therapy for those afflicted with Sensory Processing Disorder are concerned. The course looks further into this role, with an overview of how they work and what sort of therapies they may be able to offer. If you don’t have access to therapy or would like advice on how you can be more involved with your child’s condition, the course also provides useful information in how you can provide support at home. Also included, are strategies that educators can implement in the classroom to enable effective learning to those with SPD.

Sensory Processing Disorder Awareness Online Course - Requirements

The Sensory Processing Disorder Awareness Course is delivered 100 percent online 24/7.

To successfully complete this course, a student must:

• Have access to the internet and the necessary technical skills to navigate the online learning resources
• Have access to any mobile device with internet connectivity (laptop, desktop, tablet)
• Be a self-directed learner
• Possess sound language and literacy skills

Quick Course Facts

1. Course content is structured for easy comprehension
2. Registered students gain unrestricted access to the Sensory Processing Disorder Awareness Course
3. All course material is available online 24/7 and can be accessed using any device
4. Study online from anywhere in your own time at your own pace
5. All students who complete the course will be awarded with a certificate of completion

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Sensory Processing Disorder Online Course Outline

Module 1: What is Sensory Processing Disorder?

Part 1: How We Process Information from the World Around Us

Learning Objectives:

• Be familiar with the concept of Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) and how to recognize it
• Be aware of the existence of eight senses rather than five
• Understand the different ways people with SPD are affected by sensory input

How We Process Information from the World Around Us

All of human memories, intelligence, and awareness of the world around us, as well as the society in which we live, have come from information obtained by our senses. They know walls are sturdy because they have touched, moved, and knocked their heads against them many times as infants.

Topics to be discussed include:

• Diagnosing Sensory Processing Disorder
• Co-Morbidities
• Why it is Frequently Misdiagnosed

Part 2: Our Eight Senses

It was widely assumed that humans had five senses until quite recently. However, three more senses have recently been discovered, bringing the number to eight. SPD can influence people in a variety of ways. Some individuals with SPD are overstimulated by their senses, while others are under stimulated, though also have a combination of both.

Topics to be discussed include:

• Vision
• Hearing
• Touch
• Taste and Smell
• Proprioception
• Vestibular
• Interception

Part 3: SPD Responses

When it examined each sense, it also considered the various ways in which SPD would influence a person's reaction to each sense based on whether they were under-stimulated or over-stimulated to each sense. These various SPD responses are frequently referred to as being a sensory seeker or a sensory avoider, and in situations of intense avoidance of contact, the word “tactile defensiveness” is often commonly used.

Topics to be discussed include:

• Main Types of SPD Responses
• SPD Differences

Part 4: Key Learning Points

Many of their perceptions, intelligence, and perception of the world around them and the environment in which they live have come from data collected by their senses. All of this sensory input is then continuously processed by the brain in order to make sense of what is going on around them.

Module 2: Symptoms and Behaviors

Part 1: Importance of Early Identification of SPD

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the importance of an early diagnosis of SPD
• Be able to recognize SPD symptoms in adults and children
• Be aware of strategies for parents of children with SPD

Importance of Early Identification of SPD

SPD is often diagnosed much later in life than in early infancy, and all of the symptoms are similar in older children and adults. The earliest it is identified, the more a child will benefit from therapies, make changes to their life that could improve, and ensuring that those around them recognize their challenges.

Topics to be discussed include:

• SPD in Older Children and Adults
• SPD in Earlier Generations
• SPD Symptoms
• Differences Between Sensory Avoiders and Sensory Seekers
• Common SPD Symptoms in Adults
• Common Symptoms of SPD in a Small Child
• Common Symptoms in Sensory Seeking Children

Part 2: SPD Can Look Like Bad Behavior

Looking more closely at all of the potential signs mentioned above, it is easy to see how all of them may be confused for normal developmental stages that most children go through. It's also plain to see how any of these behaviors can seem to be the result of poor behavior, which may lead to parents being excessively and wrongly punished for their alleged lack of parenting skills.

Topics to be discussed include:

• Meltdowns
• Meltdown Triggers
• What Triggers a Meltdown?
• Absence of Self-Control and Self-Awareness
• The Frightening Intensity of Meltdowns
• Characteristics of a Meltdown
• Meltdown Calming Strategies
• Meltdown Prevention
• Impact of Meltdowns on the Rest of the Family

Part 3: Parents and SPD

Traditional parenting techniques and punishments do not work. A parent with a child with SPD would have tried every sanction, parenting tool, and disciplinary approach they can think of. But one of the most difficult things for this group of parents to accept is that interventions that succeed with other children in other households may be entirely unsuccessful for a child with SPD.

Topics to be discussed include:

• Social Stigma
• Behavior as Communication
• Anxiety
• Anxiety and Meltdowns
• SPD and Food
• Food Issues - Sensory Avoiders
• Food Issues - Sensory Seekers
• SPD Food Issues are Complex
• How SPD Food Issues Make Parents Feel
• Seeking Medical Help

Part 4: Key Learning Points

Sanctions that may help to change a child's behavior in the absence of SPD would clearly not work in children whose behavior is being influenced by sensory problems. Common symptoms in adults may trigger significant difficulties in social settings, the workplace, and among family and friends.

Module 3: Diagnosis, Causes, Prevalence and History of SPD

Part 1: SPD from Birth?

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the various diagnostic routes available, including GP, health visitor and CAMHS
• Be familiar with the relationship between brain function and human behavior
• Be aware of the history of SPD and where to go for further reading

SPD from Birth?

When sensory processing disorder is first identified as the cause of some of a child's behavior, parents will also look back with the benefit of retrospect and the awareness they now have of the disease and realize that it has been there from almost the moment their child was born.

Topics to be discussed include:

• Toddlerhood
• Early Signs
• Piecing Things Together
• Diagnosing Sensory Processing Disorder
• GP Involvement
• Watching and Waiting
• Health Visitor
• Getting an SPD Diagnosis
• Other Conditions to Consider
• CAMHS
• Other Diagnostic Routes
• Multidisciplinary Team

Part 2: History of SPD

Jean Ayres 1920 - 1988

Jean Ayres was a California-based occupational therapy and educational psychologist who worked until her death in 1988 at the age of 68. Throughout her work, she focused on sensory integration theory, which she was interested in because she felt she had been affected by it as a child.

Topics to be discussed include:

• Sensory Integration
• Hidden Disabilities
• Mental Traffic Jam
• Sensory Integration and Learning Disorders, 1972
• Sensory Integration and the Child, 1979
• Name Change
• The Out of Sync Child
• A Diagnostic “No Man’s Land”
• The Need for Controlled Clinical Trials
• Continuing Research
• The SPD Foundation and DSM-5
• World Health Organization ICD 10

Part 3: Causes and Prevalence

Doctors and SPD supporters are still reluctant to agree on the existence of SPD if it is finally recognized as a diagnosis. Some say it is a sign of severe fear rather than a problem with brain processing. Again, even further analysis is needed, and the SPD conundrum will remain unresolved until that is done.

Part 4: Key Learning Points

Many of the symptomatic behaviors observed with SPD children are somewhat close to the stages that all babies and toddlers go through as part of normal childhood growth.

Module 4: Therapies, Interventions and How You Can Help at Home and School

Part 1: Occupational Therapy

Learning Objectives:

• Be aware of the importance of an occupational therapist and the work they do
• Understand how a parent of a child with SPD can help at home
• Be familiar with strategies that can be implemented in schools to enable learning

Occupational Therapy

When it comes to SPD intervention and rehabilitation, occupational therapists are the industry experts.

Topics to be discussed include:

• What is Occupational Therapy?
• How Does an Occupational Therapist Work?
• Enabling and Abilities
• Sensory Integration Therapy
• The Sensory Diet
• Holistic Approach
• OT Role in Specialist Equipment Recommendations

Part 2: How Parents Can Help

There is so much that parents should do to support their child who has SPD. If their child is currently seeing an OT, collaborating with them, and soliciting advice and realistic solutions that might be helpful may be very beneficial. However, if their child has not been referred to an OT, there is a plethora of knowledge about sensory diets available on the internet, and they will begin to develop one at home for their child reasonably easily.

Topics to be discussed include:

• You Know Your Child Best
• Ideas and Suggestions to Try at Home
• Education
• Happy Children Learn Better
• Some Strategy Suggestions

Part 3: Key Learning Points

When it comes to SPD intervention and rehabilitation, occupational therapists are the industry experts. The goal of occupational therapy is to improve a child's capacity to work successfully in their own home. It has been defined as both an art and a science.

Recognition & Accreditation

Upon successful completion of this course and achieving a passing score for the assessment, you will have a better understanding of Sensory Processing Disorder and learn everything you need to know about the condition. You will also be issued with an international continuing education credit (CEU) certificate.

The Certificate is applicable worldwide, which demonstrates your commitment to learning new skills. You can share the certificate with your friends, relatives, co-workers, and potential employers. Also, include it in your resume/CV, professional social media profiles and job applications.

Module 1 - What is Sensory Processing Disorder?

• Part 1: How We Process Information from the World Around Us
• Part 2: Our Eight Senses
• Part 3: SPD Responses
• Part 4: Key Learning Points
• Module 1 Assessment

Module 2 - Symptoms and Behaviours

• Part 1: Importance of Early Identification of SPD
• Part 2: SPD Can Look Like Bad Behaviour
• Part 3: Parents and SPD
• Part 4: Key Learning Points
• Module 2 Assessment

Module 3 - Diagnosis, Causes, Prevalence and History of SPD

• Part 1: SPD from Birth?
• Part 2: History of SPD
• Part 3: Causes and Prevalence
• Part 4: Key Learning Points
• Module 3 Assessment

Module 4 - Therapies, Interventions and How You Can Help At Home and School

• Part 1: Occupational Therapy

• Part 2: How Parents Can Help
• Part 3: Key Learning Points
• Module 4 Assessment

Entry requirements

Students must have basic literacy and numeracy skills.

Minimum education

Open entry. Previous schooling and academic achievements are not required for entry into this course.

Computer requirements

Students will need access to a computer and the internet.

Minimum specifications for the computer are:

Windows:

Microsoft Windows XP, or laterModern and up to date Browser (Internet Explorer 8 or later, Firefox, Chrome, Safari)

MAC/iOS

OSX/iOS 6 or laterModern and up to date Browser (Firefox, Chrome, Safari)

All systems

Internet bandwidth of 1Mb or fasterFlash player or a browser with HTML5 video capabilities(Currently Internet Explorer 9, Firefox, Chrome, Safari)

Students will also need access the following applications:

Adobe Acrobat Reader

Entry requirements:

Students must have basic literacy and numeracy skills.

Minimum education:

Open entry. Previous schooling and academic achievements are not required for entry into this course.

Device requirements:

Students will need access to a computer/any device and the internet.

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