Deck 1: Sensory Integration: a Jean Ayres Theory Revisited

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT an assumption associated with sensory integration (SI) theory?

A)Children have an inner drive to develop SI through participation in sensorimotor activities.
B)Adaptive interactions are critical to the development of SI.
C)Environmental interactions have limited effects on the central nervous system.
D)The brain functions as an integrated whole, meaning that cortical and subcortical structures are important for SI.

Answer 1

Environmental interactions have limited effects on the central nervous system.

Question 2

Which of the following statements is MOST accurate?

A)Poor self-esteem is primarily an outcome of poor sensory modulation, not poor praxis.
B)Challenges with attention, self-regulation, and arousal are seen more often in children with poor sensory modulation as opposed to poor praxis.
C)Deficits in proprioceptive processing primarily lead to poor sensory modulation, not deficits in praxis.
D)Avoidance of meaningful activities is primarily seen in children with dysfunction in praxis, whereas children with poor sensory modulation rarely avoid engagement.

Answer 2

Challenges with attention, self-regulation, and arousal are seen more often in children with poor sensory modulation as opposed to poor praxis.

Question 3

Somatodyspraxia is a more severe practice deficit than Vestibular Bilateral Integration and Sequencing (VBIS) disorder.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Ayres' theory focused primarily on contributions of the auditory and visual systems to motor planning.

Question 5

Sensory integration (SI) theory hypothesizes that deficits in learning and behavior are because of poor processing and integration of sensation in the central nervous system (CNS).

Question 6

Deficits in a child's learning, behavior, and arousal following a traumatic brain injury can be attributed to sensory integration (SI) dysfunction.

Question 7

The theory of sensory integration (SI) can be used to explain the cause of low muscle tone and poor proximal stability in a child with Down syndrome.

Question 8

Match the term to the definition.

-Body scheme

A)Feedback that arises from actions that produce a change in the environment
B)Feedback that arises from the body and informs the child how it felt to move
C)The sense of where body parts are in relation to one another

Question 9

Match the term to the definition.

-Production feedback

A)Feedback that arises from actions that produce a change in the environment
B)Feedback that arises from the body and informs the child how it felt to move
C)The sense of where body parts are in relation to one another

Question 10

Match the term to the definition.

-Outcome feedback

A)Feedback that arises from actions that produce a change in the environment
B)Feedback that arises from the body and informs the child how it felt to move
C)The sense of where body parts are in relation to one another