An integrated approach – in every sense
Author: Donna McCollum & Geraldine Teague
Magazine issue: Summer 05
Page numbers: 4-7
Date: 30 May 2005
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Do slings, scooter boards and climbing apparatus have a role in speech and language therapy? Dr Jean Ayres initiated the concept of sensory integration, hypothesising that the development of the five senses (auditory, vestibular, proprioceptive, tactile and visual) and the integration of the information they receive is necessary before higher-level skills will develop normally. This means that sensory integration treatment should improve speech and language skills without specifically targeting language abilities. Speech and language therapist Donna McCollum and occupational therapist Geraldine Teague summarise sensory integration theory and share the outcomes of their joint sensory integrative group therapy for preschool children with specific language impairment and sensory integration dysfunctions.
