Sensory Processing Personality Disorder is a problem of disorganized brain structure that affects the development of a child. The connection between the brain and behavior turns out to be strong enough to the extent that it completely distorts the normal development of the child, making their first years awkward and difficult (The Team at Elemy, 2022). The primary symptom of this disease is a disorder of sensory modulation, which is expressed with a frequency of several times a day.
Children with this type of disorder are divided into three types. The first type of child is too worried about contact with things; they can freeze in place, and usually feel sick on a road trip (Stock Kranowitz, 2005). The second, indifferent type of child may not have an inner desire to hold toys, they do not feel touch and drop things. Such children may not even notice their own movements in space, such as falls, and their activity increases only when carrying and moving loads. The third type of sensorimotor disorder, on the contrary, is actively seeking collisions with material reality, moving constantly and quickly, looking for the most intense interaction with objects. On the psyche and perception, all these sensory features act in a similar way: closing from stimulation, indifference to it, and the search for a more intense experience, respectively.
In a school or any institution, such symptoms certainly cause learning difficulties. In the event that the student turns out to be distracted from classes and games, or vice versa, turns out to be too keen on both, the teacher may have the ability to attribute unfair characteristics to them. Changing tasks and disciplines can be very frustrating for a student, and sensorimotor problems prevent them from doing regular school assignments (Family Resource Center, n.d.). For example, a student with a sensory processing disorder may not be able to hold a pencil or pass a physical education standard. Various types of sensory disorders covering different spectrums of children’s temperaments only complicate the interaction of the teacher and classmates with them.
References
Family Resource Center. (n.d.) How sensory processing issues affect kids in school. Child Mind Institute. Web.
Stock Kranowitz, C. (2005). The out-of-sync child: Recognizing and coping with sensory processing disorder. Penguin Random House LLC.
The Team at Elemy. (2022). Autism & sensory processing disorder: The connection. Elemy. Web.