Oral Sensory Challenges

Oral Defensiveness (hypersensitivity) Oral defensiveness is like tactile defensiveness in the mouth.  There may be difficulty tolerating specific textures such as cream of wheat, or mixed textures, like foods of differing textures put together into a dish (lasagna, nachos), or having sauces added to food.  These kids might need their food to be separated, for […]Continue reading

Tactile Defensiveness – How to help regulate hypersensitivity

Do you have a child who recoils from touching many textures, or who is particularly picky about what s/he wears?  Or perhaps prefers to be naked as often as possible?  Some children (and adults) are hypersensitive to touch, making it very hard (like fingernails on a chalkboard hard) to tolerate light touch or the brush […]Continue reading