title: Behavioral indexes of the efficacy of sensory integration therapy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study examined behavioral treatment effects of classical sensory integration therapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study used a prospective longitudinal, single-subject ABAB design. The participant was a boy, age 3 years and 5 months, with average nonverbal intellectual skills, delayed communication skills, and sensory modulation disorder. Difficulties with modulating sensory input and delayed communication skills affected his occupational performance in preschool. Behavioral data were collected in the preschool by teachers who were blind to the type and timing of sensory integration therapy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Improvement in behavior regulation was observed, including increased engagement and decreased aggression, less need for intense teacher direction, and decreased mouthing of objects.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Classical sensory integration therapy may be associated with improved self-regulatory behaviors.
authors.affiliation: FPG Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. jane_roberts@unc.edu
authors.forename: Jane E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: King-Thomas
authors.forename: Marcia L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Boccia
mesh_terms: D000378:Agonistic Behavior; D001290:Attitude; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003422:Critical Care; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D010989:Play Therapy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012678:Sensation Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D013663:Teaching; D016896:Treatment Outcome