Sensory Processing Disorders...

[Tim Sommer]

Hello...I am involved with a group called THE SENSATION AND EMOTION
NETWORK. We support research in sensory processing and emotion
regulation, and we are particularly interested in increasing awareness
and finding solutions for Sensory Processing Disorders, a brain based
problem that affects approximately five percent of school age children
in the U.S. One subtype of SPD is Sensory Over Responsivity (SOR).
SOR kids respond to sensory information (i.e. sound and touch) as
though it were extremely aversive. They feel continually bombarded by
stimuli. Many -- if not most -- children with autism share many of the
same symptoms, and study/awareness of these conditions naturally
overlap. But SPD is also a stand-alone condition, many children with
SPD may have been misdiagnosed as autistics, and, naturally, the
results can be devastating.

On March 2 and 3 of this year, we are putting on The Sensation To
Emotion Conference, which will bring together scholars and clinicians
across disciplines in order to advance the understanding of how
sensory processing and emotion regulation interact, and how these
processes affect human behavior. We will explore the neurobehavioral
processes underlying the emotions often associated with a high
reactivity level to sensory information, with attention focused on the
auditory domains and upon the fear response. Some heavy hitters in
neuroscience, occupational therapy, music therapy, autism, and related
fields will be there, including Joseph LeDoux, Lucy Miller, Rosemary
White, Do0rit Berger, Lois Black, Jeffrey Brantley, Daniel Pine,
Elizabeth Phelps, Connie Tomaino, Peter Fonagy, Robert Zatorre, Gil
Foley, and many more. For more information on the conference, please
go to www.sensationtoemotion.com.

Many thanks and much luck to all. Tim