Save these dates!!

Sensory Processing Disorder 

Support Group

Everyone is welcome to attend!!  

Please pass this information along to anyone that might find it interesting!!   

All SPD support group meetings are held at the Clinton Police Station, 170 East Main Street (RT 1).  Meetings start promptly at 7:00 p.m.

Sensory processing is a term that refers to the way the nervous system receives messages from the senses and turns them into appropriate motor and behavioral responses.  Sensory Processing Disorder is a condition that exists when sensory signals don't get organized into appropriate responses. Pioneering occupational therapist and neuroscientist A. Jean Ayres, PhD, likened SPD to a neurological "traffic jam" that prevents certain parts of the brain from receiving the information needed to interpret sensory information correctly. A person with SPD finds it difficult to process and act upon information received through the senses, which creates challenges in performing countless everyday tasks. Motor clumsiness, behavioral problems, anxiety, depression, school failure, and other impacts may result if the disorder is not treated effectively.

One study shows that at least 1 in 20 children's daily lives is affected by SPD. Another research study by the Sensory Processing Disorder Scientific Work Group  suggests that 1 in every 6 children experiences sensory symptoms that may be significant enough to affect aspects of everyday life functions. Symptoms of Sensory Processing Disorder, like those of most disorders, occur within a broad spectrum of severity. While most of us have occasional difficulties processing sensory information, for children and adults with SPD, these difficulties are chronic, and they disrupt everyday life.

On Tuesday, March 22nd

Tara J. Glennon, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Professor of Occupational Therapy

Quinnipiac University

Tara Glennon was our most popular speaker yet and she is coming back!!  Dr. Glennon travels the country speaking and teaching about Sensory Processing Disorder.  She is an active participant in working to get SPD in the 2011 DSM.   We are hoping you will bring your NON-BELIEVERS (husband, grandparents, friends ...), all those that do not understand or believe in SPD.  Tara has an unbelievable way of explaining how Sensory Processing Disorder works and what it is like to live with SPD.  DON'T MISS THIS MEETING!!!  Please pass along the wonderful event!!  

Dr. Glennon has had a long-standing devotion to pediatric practice, evident in her clinical work and scholarly endeavors. As a clinician, Tara has specialized in the pediatric domain of practice since 1985 and was among the original group of four therapists in Connecticut to receive Board certification as a pediatric specialist from AOTA. She owns the Center for Pediatric Therapy, a pediatric private practice here in Connecticut, and has recently begun a web resource for pediatric clinicians called OT for Kids. Dr. Glennon has authored numerous works on pediatric practice and has lectured extensively on both the local and national levels. Her AOTA Roster of Fellows award for her commitment to Professional and Community Education in Pediatrics clearly exemplifies her national work in this area. From the student perspective, they simply know her as the professor who is often on the floor demonstrating childhood movement patterns or jumping into the ball-pit in order to illustrate how to children play!

On Tuesday, April 26th

Sally Brockett, M.S. Director, IDEA Training Center

Sally Brockett is the program director and is one of the foremost Berard Auditory Integration Training experts in the world. Sally learned the Berard method of AIT directly from Dr. Berard and continues to work closely with him to maintain program standards and excellence. Sally personally works with each individual and their family while providing AIT consultation and training

The Berard method of Auditory Integration Training (AIT) helps reorganize the brain to improve auditory and sensory processing capabilities. Participants use headphones to comfortably listen to AIT auditory stimulation. This reorganizes the dysfunctional sensory center so the brain no longer gets overloaded with disorganized information.