Course

Biology Internship

Document Type

Student Paper

Publication Date

10-25-2018

Disciplines

Biology | Equipment and Supplies | Occupational Therapy | Therapeutics

Description, Abstract, or Artist's Statement

Sensory processing disorder (SPD) is ever-increasing in children with and without disabilities. The prevalence of such a diagnosis has given rise to many different therapeutic practices. The most prescriptive, the Wilbarger protocol, will be the topic of this technique and literature review with discussions of what sensory problems are, the Wilbarger protocol, the deep pressure and proprioceptive portion of the protocol, oral tactile techniques, mechanisms of the protocol, the limitations, other options for treatment, and will conclude by looking to future research.

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