Sensational Kids

Hope and Help for Children with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)

Author: Lucy Jane Miller

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A leading SPD researcher profiles the disorder and its four major subtypes, sharing information for parents about its treatment options while discussing such topics as occupational therapy, parental involvement, and advocacy strategies.

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The authoritative bestseller that presents the latest research on Sensory Processing Disorder--Revised and updated

Sensory Processing Disorder is an increasingly common diagnosis, with a wide range of symptoms that can be difficult for parents and pediatricians to identify. In Sensational Kids, internationally renowned expert Dr. Miller shares her more than forty years of experience and research findings on SPD. Now in its fourteenth printing, with more than 50,000 copies sold in all formats, it is an authoritative and practical guide to understanding and treating this little-understood condition.

Newly updated, this revised edition will include the latest research on SPD's relationship to autism, as well as new treatment options and coping strategies for parents, teachers, and others who care for kids with SPD. Other topics include:

The signs and symptoms of SPD

Its four major subtypes

How the disorder is diagnosed and treated sensory strategies to help SPD kids develop, learn and succeed, in school and in life.

About the Author

Lucy Jane Miller, PhD, OTR, founded and is the clinical director of the STAR Center and the research director of the Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation, which together provide treatment, parent education and coaching, and research about SPD. She is an associate clinical professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and a professor of pediatric science at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions.