The Ultimate Guide to Sensory Processing Disorder: Easy, Everyday Solutions to Sensory Challenges Paperback – Illustrated, January 1, 2010

I found this book to be a very helpful resource for both parents and professional working with children. It makes it very easy to understand Sensory Processing Disorder by providing real examples of children with SPD, current research, and strategies to accommodate children in their classrooms and at home. This is a very powerful resource, since it provides the reader with what doctors know, especially given their years of experience. It provides insight into three types of SPD and their subtypes, and the reader can understand the differences between SPD and other similar disorders. I highly recommend this book to parents and teachers who see concerning behaviors in their child. Dr. Ostovar allows the reader to understand the reasons behind the child's behavior, and also provides very practical strategies to manage and accommodate the child in all sorts of environments.This book is a must have resource for educators, caregivers, and parents.

Dr. Ostovar has taken a complex subject and broken it down into very understandable terms for parents. She has included a checklist of potential issues and what areas of sensory processing they relate to. Dr. Ostovar provides practical advice for parents on taking a sensory-sensitive child to birthday parties or family events. Her step-by-step strategies offer sound advice for parents navigating the world with a child with sensory processing disorder. I highly recommend this book as an excellent resource.Tee Stock, MS OTR/L

This book is very helpful in learning about Sensory Processing Disorder and provides solutions to everyday challenges that come with SPD.

This book reads easy and fast and it should be handed out to every parent whose child is diagnosed with Sensory Processing Disorder. This is by far the best resource for learning to understand and work with a child diagnosed with Sensory Processing Disorder. This book also adds valuable strategies for dealing with day to day activities from going to the grocery store to attending weddings and funerals. It provided me with useful tools for understanding the diagnosis process.

The information in the book was informative but I wish it had been organized a little better. My daughter's characteristics fell into multiple catagories so the cases and associated solutions were very confusing to me. I suppose if your child fits neatly into one of the case studies, it's helpful.

great book it helps us understand our grandson better

The book was exactly what they said it would be. It. Shipped quickly. It fit the purposes I needed it for.

A disclaimer: I have not read this book. If the author wants to send me a copy I will gladly read it. However, I have been doing my own study and research on the trait of high sensitivity for over 17 years. I work successfully with people who have the genetic trait of hight sensitivity and the biggest problem they have is having been "labeled" their entire lives in ways that make their sensitivity a "disorder." I too am a highly sensitive person and I know the territory from the inside out.We live in a culture that rewards extroversion and pathologises introversion, most people don't even understand the meaning of those terms. The same is true for high sensitivity. Our culture promotes all the things that make life difficult for people who have sensitive nervous systems. We live in a highly frenetic world and we are expected to participate in the craziness without even recognizing that it is indeed crazy.Here is the truth: being highly sensitive is only a problem if we feel we have to conform to the expectations of those who are not. Being highly sensitive means we don't have the same filters that others have, everything "comes in." So yes, loud noise, bright lights, too much multitasking, large loud crowds etc. take a toll on us. And for children this is particularly difficult. Take a highly sensitive child to Chuck E. Cheese and they may act out in ways that will be misunderstood, and then labeled, when in reality they are just becoming overly stimulated. Slapping a child with a label that makes them "disordered" when in fact they are gifted with a nervous system that can be a a blessing to both them and to the world is tragic. And not helpful.There is another perspective:Having a highly sensitive nervous system means: we are deeply and powerfully moved by beauty, nature, music, and art. We are very comfortable with solitude and quiet and in fact require it daily. We are very conscientious and detail oriented have the ability to process material at a very deep level. We are able to concentrate deeply. We are intuitive and empathic and are able to relate to people with compassion and understanding. To be highly sensitive is in fact a gift, NOT a disorder.How sad it is that whenever a person or group of persons does not conform to a societal norm they are automatically labeled with a disorder. There are so many "disorders" now that it's hard to keep up! This is not to say that some disorders are not real. What I'm saying is that being born with a sensitive nervous system is not one of them.I urge readers to read Dr. Elaine Aron's books "The Highly Sensitive Person," and "The Highly Sensitive Child." Then you decide if we're talking about a "disorder" or something else entirely.