If he has motor needs and is poorly coordinated, he can fold large towels, sort silverware, and cut out cookie dough with a cookie cutter. In school, the proprioceptive seeker gets to push the door open. The tactily defensive child can hold the door open so he doesn't have to walk in the middle of the line and be bumped into by everyone. In terms of oral activities, sucking lollipops or chewing licorice is a good activity for the finger and pencil chewers. One of the most important things about sensory integration is that it works with adults, too.
Nervous systems can change.
Even the most damaged brain has undamaged areas. It may take longer for older children and adults, but she has worked with adults who lived their whole lives in an institution, and with sensory integration techniques, they have been able to leave the institution and go to foster homes. Researchers believe that the correct sensory stimulation increases the number of connections among nerve cells in the brain so that more information can be processed more easily. Every time the child or adult uses these connections he strengthens them and creates more.