Adult Sensory
Processing Disorder
our work has grown over the past decade, we have learnt much from the feedback of adults in
our program. This feedback includes:
- Sensory difficulties that were unidentified when they were in their younger years, continue to persist in their adult years. Even though they learnt to cope with it to some degree, they never “grew out of it”.
- They chose their vocation based on their profile and not on their abilities, causing them to feel like they “under-perform” consistently in their lives.
- Some may have tried to go to college, but their executive functioning difficulties caused them to have to leave and not finish school
- Feelings of intimacy in relationships may also have caused them to have difficulty maintaining it.
- Some adults also “over-achieve” and drive themselves into a strong work ethic, but it costs them dearly in creating balance in their lives.
- Some adults become increasingly more socially reclusive, decreasing their social exposure as they over-cope with work pressure, and may remain married or not.
Adults in Our Program May Struggle With Different Diagnosis, Including:
- ADHD / ADD / Sluggish Cognitive Tempo
- Dyslexia or Reading delays
- Different ranges on Autism Spectrum
- Sensory Processing Disorder impacting on different areas of their lives
- Executives that are stressed out due to work pressure
- Sleep Disorders
- Depression and Anxiety
- Brain Injury – recent or many years ago
- Adult Attachment Disorder / Difficulties
Our Unique Evaluation
- Adult Sensory Processing Questionnaire
- Auditory, Visual and Vestibular Testing
- Timing testing for Executive Functioning
- Praxis testing as building block to executive functioning skills
- Attention testing
- Reading Testing
- Social-Emotional questionnaires
- Long Distance assessment can be available in some cases
Our Unique Program:
- Includes the Developmental Pathways Model, as we “chase the why” in the nervous system
- In some instances, the program would have to be followed under supervision at our center
- Most adults complete the bulk of their program in the comfort of their own home.
- In some cases, we would need to work in tandem with their counselor / psychiatrist / psychologist to ensure team approach to intervention
- The program, including frequency and duration, would depend on the findings of the evaluation
It simply is never too late. Life is precious, make the moments count!
Are you ready to learn more about our unique and specialized approach? Schedule A Free Phone Consultation today!
Testimonial
Testimonial of a 50-year old female
Thank you very much for helping to turn my life around. As you know, I was diagnosed with a non-verbal learning disorder. Unfortunately, I received no referral for follow on care and I was left hanging until I found your center. Thank you for addressing my physical and cognitive problems and forming a treatment plan.
Testimonial of a 50-year old female
Dear Ms. Le Roux,
Thank you very much for helping to turn my life around. As you know, I was diagnosed with a non-verbal learning disorder. Unfortunately, I received no referral for follow on care and I was left hanging until I found your center. Thank you for addressing my physical and cognitive problems and forming a treatment plan.
I would especially like to thank my therapist for all of her hard work and effort in helping me with the various exercises balancing, tossing bean bags, batting a ball, encouraging my feeble drawing skills, and playing Labyrinth with me. My husband is especially eager for me to play a re-match sometime in the future. I worked hard and had a lot of fun. My therapist knows when to push and when to kick back and laugh.
I never understood exactly how I made it through life stumbling along the way I did for 50 years. It is never too late to teach an old dog new tricks. Neuroplasticity, (that a brain can keep growing and changing) is a wonderful thing. I have a much better sense of balance and no longer have problems walking on ice and am no longer afraid of heights. My vision and hand eye coordination are much better. I can see a lot of contours of objects and my peripheral vision has improved. As a result, I am a much more confident driver, and don’t struggle with the computer as much as I used to. Being more in control of my body has also led to better organizational and learning skills. I am a lot calmer and less frenetic than I used to be. My thoughts come to me in a more organized format.
My hearing has greatly improved and I am busy catching up on all the lyrics of the top hits of the 1970’s and 1980’s. I cried when I first started hearing Billy Joel’s River of Dreams.
In the middle of the night
I go walking in my sleep
Through the desert of truth
To the river so deep
We all end in the ocean
We all start in the streams
We’re all carried along
By the river of dreams
My one regret is that my problems weren’t diagnosed earlier in life. Somehow, I made it through elite schools like Phillips Academy and the University of Pennsylvania. I would have done much better academically and would have been able to capitalize on more career opportunities if these problems had been addressed earlier in life. However, because of therapy, I am looking forward to the next half of my life where I will have a much stronger basis to do the things I want to do.
There is another Adult testimonial with our client dancing if you go to www.atotalapproach.com , and look under adult programming, but I did not know how to transfer it.