2. Tactile Therapies
While there’s still a lot of research to be done into treatments for sensory processing disorder as an individual condition, we do know a lot more about treating symptoms that cross over from related disorders like autism and are also useful for treating sensory processing disorder. Tactile therapies have proven to be greatly beneficial for conditions like ADHD and autism, and this starts with making a list of textures that are found pleasant versus textures that should be avoided.
This might experience a child or adult having to go through feeling a range of textures and marking down or saying which ones they like and don’t – and this should be written down as some of the first information about their individual case.
From there on, tactile therapy includes avoiding unpleasant textures and embracing pleasant ones – and slowly increasing exposure to unpleasant textures through small ways instead of bombarding them with it.