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Understanding Responses: Thresholds, Self-Regulation & the Four Processing Patterns Module 2

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Sensory Pattern

Neurological Threshold

Self-regulation

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Sensory Processing: 3-Step Progression

Step 3

Step 2

Step 1

Behavioral response is produced.

Sensation is perceived, organized, stored and compared.

Sensation comes from our eyes, ears, nose, mouth, skin, muscles/joints and Internal organs.

Sensation is perceived, organized, stored, and compared.

A behavior is produced.

Process

Output

Input

Output

Process

Neurological Threshold

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The first concept to appreciate as a part of how we process sensation is neurological thresholds.

Sensory Pattern

Neurological Threshold

Self-regulation

High threshold

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Threshold Continuum

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Low threshold

High threshold

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Threshold Continuum

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Low threshold

High threshold

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Threshold Continuum

Threshold Continuum

Low threshold

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Self-regulation

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The second concept to appreciate as a part of how we process sensation is self-regulation.

Sensory Pattern

Neurological Threshold

Self-regulation

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Self-regulation

Self-regulation refers to how people naturally respond to sensory information and events. These are instinctive behaviors that may be conscious or unconscious.

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Self-regulation

Why do we self-regulate?

What are examples of adult self-regulation strategies?

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What are some examples of child self-regulation strategies?

Self-regulation

Passive

Active

Self-regulation Continuum

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Self-regulation

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Unsafe & unhealthy

Safe & healthy

Sensory pattern

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The two concepts (neurological thresholds and self-regulation) intersect to create 4 distinct patterns

Sensory Pattern

Neurological Threshold

Self-regulation

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Sensory Pattern

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Bystander

Seeker

Threshold

Avoider

Sensor

Low

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Active

Self-regulation strategies

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Sensory Pattern

Neurological Threshold

Self-regulation

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Bystander

High

Bystander

(Misses)

Threshold

Bystander examples:

• A person who gets scraps and bruises but does not know how they got them.
• A person who can keep working even when the environment is chaotic or unpredictable.

Low

Passive

Active

Self-regulation strategies

Some examples of self-regulation that we see in children include...

• covering their ears
• making noises
• moving constantly
• chewing on non-food items

High Threshold

• It takes LOTS of sensory input to fill the glass or meet the threshold.
• Works easily in loud, crowded coffee shop (unaffected in a high sensory environment).
• Enjoys foods with rich flavors.

Low threshold

• It does not take much sensory input to fill the glass or meet the threshold
• becomes easily distracted and cannot focus in a loud, crowded coffee shop

• notices things that other people don’t notice or before other people notice

Avoider

High

Threshold

Avoider examples:

• A person who wears gloves while prepping dinner because they do not like to get their hands messy.
• A person who refuses to go to certain stores at peak hours because it is too overwhelming.

Avoider

(Detects)

Low

Passive

Active

Self-regulation strategies

Sensors

High

Threshold

Sensor examples:

• A person who gets dizzy very easily.
• A person who is intolerant of being near someone who smells bad or someone who has on strong perfume

Sensor

(Controls)

Low

Passive

Active

Self-regulation strategies

Some examples of self-regulation strategies used by adults include...

• deciding to play music while working
• tapping/shaking your leg while working
• taking a walk outside when you feel sleepy and need to wake up
• snacking when you are bored, not necessarily hungry

Seeker

High

Seeker

(Obtaines)

Threshold

Seeker examples:

• A person who likes to touch people and things around them.
• A person who always finds a reason to move around the room while working.

Low

Passive

Active

Self-regulation strategies

Self-regulation helps us..

• Stay alert
• Be on task
• Feel better